המשבריות של צבא השיטור: כיצד התהוותה התשתית לפעולה אוטונומית של הצבא בגדה

One of the reforms that the Israeli right-wing regime promotes is a change to the authority structure that oversees the policing army in the West Bank, granting it greater autonomy. Arguably, this agenda leverages an existing infrastructure built on the gradual creation of two armies within the IDF following the second Intifada, whereby a separate policing army has emerged in the West Bank alongside the IDF, the “official” army. It relies on standing forces and local militias and maintains blurred boundaries with the local settlers. The separation between this policing force and the official army enables it to function as a “gray arm” of the state in order to annex Area C. Its social composition, which draws largely on lower-class and religious groups, increases the troops’ inclination towards autonomous action. The right-wing regime’s agenda is to expand and institutionalize this previously-created separation between the armies.