Israel and Future Borders

Assessment of a Dynamic Process

Bibliographic Data

ID3917367
AuthorsGad Barzilai (Tel Aviv University and Department of Political Science, Yale University), Ilan Peleg (Lafayette College)
Year1994
Volume31
Issue1
Pages59-73
Publication date1994-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022343394031001006
OpenAlexW2111199469
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited33

This article deals with the question of determining a future Israeli-Palestinian border within the context of an originally developed analytical framework. Following the presentation of a previous model (Tägil et al., 1977, 1984), the authors offer a greatly modified and more detailed framework for the analysis of border determination. The modified framework emphasizes factors such as national ethos and two alternative national `imperatives' (territorial and ethnic) as important determinants of borders. The article then applies the model to the Israeli case, offering detailed historical and statistical data related to the determination of a future Israeli-Palestinian border. The article demonstrates the dramatic transformation (among Israel's elites and public alike) from a territorial to ethnic imperative and from integration (annexation of the West Bank and Gaza) to separation (Israeli withdrawal from the territories). In offering a general model for studying interstate and intercommunal conflict, and in demonstrating its applicability to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this article is of immediate relevance to numerous other ethnic disputes around the world. The article, originally submitted three months prior to the Israeli-Palestinian mutual recognition of September 1993, has assumed particular importance by identifying the parameters that may determine the future borders in the Middle East

Annexation · Arab–Israeli conflict · Context (archaeology) · Ethnic group · Ethos · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics) · Regional science · Relevance (law) · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Medicine · Middle East Politics and Society · Political Conflict and Governance

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