Erik Skare

Digital Jihad (eBook, PDF)

Palestinian Resistance in the Digital Era

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A new and innovative form of dissent has emerged in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Dubbed "electronic jihad", this approach has seen organized groups of Palestinian hackers make international headlines by breaching the security of such sites as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, AVG, Avira, Whatsapp, and BitDefender. Though initially confined to small clandestine groups, "hacktivism" is now increasingly being adopted by militant Palestinian parties, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who have gone so far as to incorporate hackers into their armed brigades.

Digital Jihad is the first book to explore this rapidly evolving and still little understood aspect of the Palestinian resistance movement. Drawing on extensive interviews with hackers and other activists, it provides a unique and fascinating new perspective on the Palestinian struggle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783607860
• Artikelnr.: 46883083

Autorenporträt

Erik Skare is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for International Studies, Sciences Po, Paris, France. He is the author of Digital Jihad: Palestinian Resistance in the Digital Era (Zed Books, 2016) and he specializes in the study of violent and non-violent Palestinian resistance. Skare has conducted extensive fieldwork in Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories since 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue Introduction Part I: Heading for the Military-Digital Complex 1.
The resistance develops 2. The shahid and the normalization of occupation
3. A digital fortress: The Israeli military-digital complex 4. The
istishhadi and the emergence of Palestinian electronic jihad Part II:
Palestine 2.0 and the New Cyber-Warriors 5. Gaza Hacker Team: Electronic
jihadists and script kiddies 6. From the nation to the umma 7. Islamic
Jihad and Hamas: The Palestinian cyber-brigades 8. Does matter really
matter? Palestinian ambivalence about electronic jihad Part III: When the
Guns Fall Silent 9. A continuation of the armed struggle? 10. Final
thoughts Epilogue