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 associationdefendendpoint Change image and share on social
What we have really now is a one-state outcome in which Israel is the one and only state between the Jordan River and the sea. It can do whatever it wants virtually throughout the area. But that's not the kind of a state that's going to be a basis for peace and stability in the region. Ian Lustick areabasisisrael share on social
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 biologicalbreakchemical share on social
Strong Islamist trends make a fundamentalist Palestine more likely than a small state under a secular government. Ian Lustick fundamentalistgovernmentislamist Change image and share on social
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. Ian Lustick accomplishauthoritybank share on social
As long as Hamas needs the support it could conceivably get from the international community through the Palestinian Authority, it has an interest in playing nice with Fatah. And Fatah has an interest in playing nice with Hamas because it needs some source of legitimacy on the West Bank. Ian Lustick authoritybankcommunity share on social