Egyptian-Israeli relations: past, present and future in Gaza Strip

• Autor(a) principal: Borralho, João Pedro das Neves Silva de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21546
• topic: Israel; Egypt; Gaza Strip; Normalization policy; Bilateral relations; Conflito israelo-palestiniano; Faixa de Gaza; Cerco; Egito; Política externa; Israel

On an often controversial subject such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this dissertation seeks to deconstruct the perception that exists in relation to the Gaza Strip and its inhabitants. In particular, the discourse that Israel acts permanently in self-defence in the face of continuous attacks from this territory. Although Israel is entitled to its defence, this dissertation questions whether the ways in which this defence is exercised are proportionate to the attacks from which it is targeted. Similarly, this dissertation also aims to perceive and analyse the events of those who live in a besieged territory since 2006/2007. In this sense, Israel’s last military operation in the Gaza Strip and the land, sea and air siege of this territory will be examined in order to understand the day-to-day lives of the civilians living here. Finally, and given that this siege is exercised jointly with Egypt, Egypt’s foreign policy is analysed in order to understand what leads the 6th largest Muslim country in the world to coordinate positions with the State of Israel. In short, this dissertation aims to deconstruct the structure in which Israel, Egypt and the Gaza Strip are placed and the processes and outcomes happening between them from a constructivist perspective.