Israel and the West Bank Palestinians

Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs in the region west of the Jordan River have, in effect, constituted a bicommunal polity for much of this century. Little academic attention, however, has been given to a bicommunal perspective on Israeli-Palestinian relations. Three theoretical models for understanding bicommunal polities are suggested at the outset of the article: dual authority, control, and shared rule. Within the control model, two variations are identified: the joint control system that describes the 1967–1976 period and the competitive control framework that has replaced it. The failure of both systems of control to provide stability and the likelihood that a dual authority will be unable to provide stability suggest a need to consider a special version of shared rule in the West Bank

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