Israel’s War Against Palestine: Documenting the Military Occupation of Palestinian and Arab Lands

Anat Biletzki

Anat Biletzki: Grieving Over Gaza

14 January 2009

I write as an Israeli. In the past two-and-a-half weeks Israeli forces have killed over 900 people in Gaza; Palestinian rockets have killed four Israelis and Palestinian fighters have killed six soldiers.

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Nancy Kanwisher, Johannes Haushofer, Anat Biletzki: Reigniting Violence – How Do Ceasefires End?

6 January 2009

The lessons from these data are clear: First, Hamas can indeed control the rockets, when it is in their interest. The data shows that ceasefires can work, reducing the violence to nearly zero for months at a time. Second, if Israel wants to reduce rocket fire from Gaza, it should cherish and preserve the peace when it starts to break out, not be the first to kill.

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Anat Biletzki: Much Ado About Nothing – The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

1 May 2008

TWO MYTHS have been with us for a while now… The first is that the way to get out of the Israeli-Palestinian imbroglio is by engaging in a “peace process,” and the second is that the result of that peace process is pretty much well-known.

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