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Jeremy Pressman

Jeremy Pressman is a professor of political science and director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. He is co-director of the Crowd Counting Consortium. His books include The Sword is Not Enough: Arabs, Israelis, and the Limits of Military Force (2020). He recently published, with Prof. Ehud Eiran, “US Recognition of Israeli Territorial Claims in the Golan Heights and Jerusalem: Implications for the Norm against Acquisition of Territory by Force,” in The Middle East Journal.

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Greater-Israel Advocates see Gaza Crisis as Opportunity for Expansion

Greater-Israel Advocates see Gaza Crisis as Opportunity for Expansion

Jeremy Pressman

Storrs, CT (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The media rightly focused attention on a recent “packed gathering” of Israeli leaders and citizens discussing their support for returning Israeli settlers to the Gaza Strip, where they have not been since Israel’s disengagement in 2005. More generally, for the past four months, some ministers in the […]

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Israelis and Palestinians:  It will be Worse Next Time

Israelis and Palestinians: It will be Worse Next Time

Jeremy Pressman

Storrs, CT (Special to Informed Comment) – Israelis and Palestinians have already entered hell. The casualties, the wounded, the hostages, the displacement of people and emptying of communities, the widespread trauma, the fear, the complete disruption of normal life, the intense suffering. But even at this moment we should all remember something: Barring a strategic […]

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Now can we Turn the corner on Trump and Netanyahu’s Mistaken Preference for Force and Coercion?

Now can we Turn the corner on Trump and Netanyahu’s Mistaken Preference for Force and Coercion?

Jeremy Pressman

Storrs, CT (Special to Informed Comment) – Late in Trump’s presidency, a flurry of US activity reinforced the Trump administration’s total fidelity to Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Israeli government and its US supporters. But underlying these policy moves is a shared Trump/Netanyahu belief that the threat and use of military force is the best and often […]

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