This research focuses on Israel’s implementation and legalization of post-mortem punishment through the detention and degrading handling of Palestinian mortal remains. Israel offers a unique modern case study because it is the only country in the world, besides Russia, whose primary legislation explicitly permits the withholding of bodies as part of its wider counterinsurgency program. It is also the only country in the world that relies on a complex - albeit ambiguous - legal framework for the withholding of bodies as potential bargaining chips.

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