From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories Eyal Weizman unravels Israel&s mechanisms of control & its transformation of Palestinian towns villages & roads into an artifice where all natural & built features serve military ends Weizman traces the development of this strategy from the influence of archaeology on urban planning Ariel Sharon&s reconceptualization of military defence during the 1973 war through the planning & architecture of the settlements to the contemporary Israeli discourse & practice of urban warfare & airborne targeted assassinations