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A Discourse Historical Analysis of Transnational Securitization in Trump and Netanyahu’s Political Speeches: Radical Islamic Terrorism to “Infiltrators”
Abstract
This article explores the discursive construction of Muslims, Palestinians, African asylum seekers, and other racialized groups as existential security threats by Trump and Netanyahu, and analyzes the transnational propagation of these constructions within the US-Israel security nexus. Utilizing the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA), this analysis investigates a collection of 26 prominent speeches delivered from 2015 to early 2026. The focus of these addresses includes discussions on 'militant Islam' and Iran, as well as domestic speeches that characterize African asylum seekers as 'infiltrators' and depict them as a more significant threat than terrorists in Sinai. Integrating Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) with securitization theory, this study analyzes nomination and predication strategies, argumentation topoi, historical anchoring, and intertextuality within the US and Israeli political spheres. A focused DHA coding of six representative speeches, specifically Trump’s 2015 Muslim-ban statement, 2016 Youngstown terrorism address, and 2017 Riyadh address, alongside Netanyahu’s 2015 UNGA address, 2018 Dimona ‘infiltrators’ speech, and 2018 infiltrator-law policy statement, offers empirical evidence demonstrating systematic nomination, predication, and argumentation patterns that underpin this transnational securitization repertoire. The analysis indicates a consistent pattern of racialized security discourse, wherein terms such as 'radical Islamic terrorism,' 'militant Islam,' and 'infiltrators' are interconnected to form a transnational threat narrative. The discourses of Trump and Netanyahu exhibit mutual reinforcement: Trump commends and emulates Israel's border security measures, while Netanyahu leverages US counter-terrorism frameworks to legitimize demographic control over Palestinians and African migrants. This US-Israel axis constitutes a paradigmatic case of ‘transnational securitization of Islam and migration’ fusing counter-terrorism, border governance, and racialized nationalism, with implications for democratic norms, racialized citizenship, and global Islamophobic discourse diffusion.
Keywords: Discourse‑Historical Approach, Securitization, Legitimation, Transnational populism, Islamophobia, Political Speeches.
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