TY - JOUR
T1 - The Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
T2 - Old Wine in New Bottlenecks
AU - Barakat, Sultan
AU - Milton, Sansom
AU - Elkahlout, Ghassan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - This article examines the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM)–the main institutional mechanism regulating the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war. Proponents of the GRM hold that it is a crucial lifeline enabling the entry of humanitarian and reconstruction goods into Gaza while assuaging Israel’s security concerns. In contrast, this article argues that the GRM has introduced a bureaucratic and cumbersome mechanism that has created new bottlenecks that are impeding effective reconstruction and have institutionalized and depoliticized the siege of the Gaza Strip by passing the responsibility for its maintenance on to the international community.
AB - This article examines the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM)–the main institutional mechanism regulating the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war. Proponents of the GRM hold that it is a crucial lifeline enabling the entry of humanitarian and reconstruction goods into Gaza while assuaging Israel’s security concerns. In contrast, this article argues that the GRM has introduced a bureaucratic and cumbersome mechanism that has created new bottlenecks that are impeding effective reconstruction and have institutionalized and depoliticized the siege of the Gaza Strip by passing the responsibility for its maintenance on to the international community.
KW - Gaza
KW - Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
KW - post-conflict reconstruction
KW - siege
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044953330&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17502977.2018.1450336
DO - 10.1080/17502977.2018.1450336
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044953330
SN - 1750-2977
VL - 12
SP - 208
EP - 227
JO - Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
JF - Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
IS - 2
ER -