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Israel and Future Borders: Assessment of a Dynamic Process

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  • Gad Barzilai

    (Tel Aviv University and Department of Political Science, Yale University)

  • Ilan Peleg

    (Department of Government and Law, Lafayette College)

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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.

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  • Gad Barzilai & Ilan Peleg, 1994. "Israel and Future Borders: Assessment of a Dynamic Process," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 31(1), pages 59-73, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:joupea:v:31:y:1994:i:1:p:59-73
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