Hillel Frisch

The Islamic Dimension in Palestinian Politics

Shmuel Sandler

Analysis of political problems and social conflict in the community relations between Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank Israeli administered territory since 1967 - outlines relevant political theories and historical origins of the conflict, partic. The partition of Palestine; examines the role of Jordan 1948-1967, the area's economic growth and political development, the role of the PLO national liberation movement, Israel's changing political ideology, emphasis on West Bank human settlement and the war in Lebanon. Bibliography, statistical tables.

A Study in Intercommunal Conflict

Israel, the Palestinians, and the West Bank

Efraim Inbar

Radical Islam poses a political challenge in the modern world which is like that of no other radical religious movement. Ideologically, it is perceived by Western policy makers as threatening the liberal-democratic ideology by which most states in the West abide and which most other states rhetorically espouse. This book serves as a welcome addition to the intellectual and policy debate on the nature of the radical Islam phenomenon and how to respond to it. The collection is divided into three parts: the first part seeks to understand the Islamic challenge in broad comparative and historical terms, while the second part deals with specific regional case studies, which seek to identify patterns of uniformity and variation in radical Islam across a wide swath of terrain. The third part is policy-oriented, suggesting possible responses to the Islamic challenge. The contributors include distinguished researchers from Europe, North America and the Middle East. This book will be of much interest to students of Islamism, political violence, international security and Middle Eastern politics.

Challenges and Responses

Radical Islam and International Security

Although a rich literature combining international relations and domestic political developments has recently emerged, most works specializing in state-minority relations, nationalism, citizenship and human rights have not integrated insights from the field of international relations and security affairs into their analysis. This absence is nowhere more visible than in the study of relations between the Israeli state and its Arab/Palestinian minority. This book aims to bring (back) international relations and international security perspectives into the analysis of relations between the Israeli state and its Arab minority. Drawing on international relations theory, it argues that the relationship between the Israeli state and the predominant community, as in many other cases characterized by ethno-national cleavage, was heavily influenced by the state's broader regional geo-strategic security situation. State policies toward Israel's Arab citizens moderated in the rare times of relative geo-strategic security and hardened when Israel's regional position became more precarious.

Hillel Frisch

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