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Author: David Newman

David Newman is Associate Professor of Political Geography and Director of the Humphrey Institute for Social Research at Ben-Gurion University. His study of the green line boundary between Israel and the West Bank was published by the International Boundaries Research Institute.
Demarcating an Israeli-Palestinian Border: Geographic Considerations

Demarcating an Israeli-Palestinian Border: Geographic Considerations

July 15, 1997 | David Newman
Maps are a very important part of the political process of conflict resolution known as the peace process. Maps are important parts of all territorial conflicts. We often walk around with the idea of a map in our head and think we know what we are talking about, but often we do not.