Ian Lustick

I think about terrorism in terms of popcorn. You can't tell which kernels are popcorn and which are not, but you assume you'll always have some kernels that are going to pop.

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These are some quotes by American author Ian Lustick Historian, who was born in 1949.

Quotes by Ian Lustick

There's still a role for the Association for Israel Studies. But not as the endpoint of scholarship and not as a fortress to defend Israel.

Ian Lustick

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International peace and security depend on certain taboos that are easily recognized when they are broken. It can be more important for an intervention to take place because nuclear or chemical or biological weapons are used as opposed to just measuring how many people are killed.

Ian Lustick

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The leadership of the Palestinian Authority is not held in high regard by most of the population of the West Bank. They're seen as living relatively high off the hog and certainly not accomplishing anything vis-a-vis the Israelis.

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