Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. What Is the Occupation? 2. Why Has the Occupation Lasted This Long? 3. How Has the Occupation Transformed the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Appendix: List of Israeli Prime Ministers, PLO Chairmen, and Palestinian National Authority Presidents and Prime Ministers Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Gershon Shafir is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, and the founding director of its Human Rights Program. He has served as the President of the Israel Studies Association and is the author or editor of ten books, among them Land, Labor, and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914. He is also the coauthor, with Yoav Peled, of Being Israeli: The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenship, which won the Middle Eastern Studies Association's Albert Hourani Award in 2002, and the coeditor, with Mark Levine, of Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel.

Reviews

"A Half Century of Occupation should be a part of any academics bookshelf. It is well grounded in international law, humanitarian law, and history. It is very well written, and while it is essentially an academic book, it should be accessible to those with some knowledge of the themes under discussion."
*The Palestine Chronicle*

"An honest and informative critique of the 1967 occupation."
*The Middle East Journal*

“Shafir deserves credit for exploring how Palestinians and Israelis can find a path to achieve peace, equality, and justice. His analysis and suggestions deserve to be assessed and debated widely.”
*H-Net*

"Shafir’s answers reveal not only Israel’s tangled web of domination and colonization, but also a measure of hope that territorial partition of Palestine remains still feasible. . . . provides a good introduction to the ideological and legal debate surrounding the occupation that will be appreciated by scholars and general readers alike."
*Terrorism & Political Violence*

"His recent book, A Half Century of Occupation adds to his very insightful contributions to our understanding of this conflict. . . . It is well written, filled with historical facts and reasonable analyses and conclusions."
*European Legacy*