Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine

Book by Lisa Bhungalia investigates how US foreign aid to Palestine functions as an instrument of imperial governance rather than humanitarian support, sustaining the structures of occupation while appearing to promote Palestinian development. Bhungalia traces how counterterrorism requirements and neoliberal aid frameworks reshape Palestinian governance and constrain political resistance in the West Bank. Of great value to researchers studying US foreign aid as a tool of imperial governance, the political economy of Palestinian governance in the West Bank, and the relationship between donor conditionality and the perpetuation of occupation.