Prof. Hillel Frisch
Prof. Hillel Frisch is a professor of political science and Middle Eastern history at Bar-Ilan University and a lecturer in the Department of Strategy, Diplomacy, and Security at Shalem College. Previously, Frisch served as a senior researcher in the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) and presently he is senior researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, where he publishes short articles on contemporary political and military developments related to Israel and the Middle East. He is the author of six books and of numerous articles on Israeli-Palestinian interactions, military strategies, the political dynamics of Israeli Arab community, and Islamism. His book Israel, the Palestinians, and the West Bank (Lexington, 1984) awarded him the Michael Landau Prize together with Shmuel Sandler.
Selected Publications
Israel’s Security and its Arab Citizens (New York and London: Cambridge University, 2011).
The Palestinian Military: Between Militias and Armies (London: Routledge, 2008).
Countdown to Statehood: Palestinian State Formation in the West Bank and Gaza (Albany: State University of New York, 1998).
Project Renewal in Israel: Revitalization Through Partnership, with Paul King, Daniel Elazar, and Orli HaCohen (New York: University Press of America, 1987).
Israel, the Palestinians, and the West Bank: A Study in Intercommunal Conflict, with Shmuel Sandler (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington, 1984).
Stagnation and Frontier: Arab and Jewish Industry in the West Bank (Jerusalem: The West Bank Project, 1983).