The Israel-Palestine Conflict in International Law: Territorial Issues

Strategic Substitution and Complimentarity in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Terrorism is one of many possible tactics to which actors may resort in political conflicts; however, previous studies of the strategic substitution within terrorism have primarily focused on shifts in attack modes following government countermeasures. Yet, the decision to resort to specific violent tactics can be highly complex, and will typically also depend on number of factors other than go...

Demography in Israel/Palestine:

Background Population variables and processes are intimately and crucially related to the past, present and future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This paper reviews some of the main demographic trends among Jews and Arabs in Israel and Palestine, presents some new population projections covering the period 2000-2050, and discusses some possible policy implications of the emerging demograp...

The Strategic Calculus of Terrorism: Substitution and Competition in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Previous work on the dynamics of conflicts where we see terrorism has tended to focus on whether we see shifts in attack mode following government countermeasures. We contend that many factors other than counterinsurgency can influence whether groups resort to terrorism, including competition between groups, as well as their relationship to public opinion and other political events. Hence, unde...

Stories from Palestine and Israel.

Academic freedom in Israel and Palestine.

Many readers of this journal will, like me, have israeli colleagues whose research we respect, with whom we have collaborated, and among whom we have friends. yet, these relationships have been overshadowed by the human rights abuses inflicted against the palestinians, israel’s flouting of uN resolutions and its indifference to international law. in 2002, this unease was given public expression...