The Silent Revolution: Mapping The West Bank Settlers’ Territorial Expansion and Path to Power

A seminar with Ami Pedahzur, Professor of Government and the Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin.

Moderated by Ishac Diwan, MEI Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar and Chaire D'Excellence Monde Arabe, Paris Sciences et Lettres.

About the talk

The talk consists of three parts. First, I will use GIS data to portray the West Bank settlers’ patterns of territorial expansion and demographic growth, rise to power. Second, I will demonstrate the means by which seemingly marginal political groups can shape policy making process. Third, by comparing the cases of the West Bank and Jerusalem settlers to those of the settlers in the Sinai Peninsula, The, Gaza, The Jordan Valley and the Golan Heights, I will explain the demise of the two states solution.

About the speaker

Ami Pedahzur is a Professor of Government and the Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Founding Director of the Institute for Israel Studies at UT Austin. His main areas of interest are radicalism, political violence, Israeli politics and methods. His books include:  'The Triumph of Israel’s Radical Right' (Oxford University Press, 2012); 'The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle against Terrorism' (Columbia University Press, 2009); 'Jewish Terrorism in Israel' (Columbia University Press, 2009, with Arie Perliger) and ‘Suicide Terrorism’ (Polity Press, 2005). He is currently studying the evolution of Special Operations Forces. For more information, please visit: http://www.pedahzur.com.