Political Decision Making and Non-Decisions: The Case of Israel and the Occupied Territories

Ranta, R.

This book examines Israel’s relationship and political decision-making process towards the Occupied Territories from the aftermath of the Six Day War to the Labour Party’s electoral defeat in 1977.

The period represents the first decade of Israel’s occupation of the Occupied Territories and the last decade in which the Labour Party was Israel’s most dominant political force.

Arguing that the successive Israeli governments headed by the Labour Party lacked a strategic policy towards the Occupied Territories to address the country’s objectives and needs, this book demonstrates the detrimental effect this had on Israel, on the Middle East in general, and on the Palestinian people in particular.

In addressing key aspects of decision making pathologies, this book raises issues which remain important features of Israeli politics today and an analysis relevant for political decision making worldwide.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-05-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137447982

DOI: 10.1057/9781137447999

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 229