Rationalizing Occupation: CSIS, Cordesman and the New Intifada

"Rationalizing Occupation: CSIS, Cordesman and the New Intifada" bu Hussein Ibish is a direct response to “Peace and War: Israel versus the Palestinians” by Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). On October 23, 2000, a few weeks into the second intifada, Cordesman and CSIS rushed this lengthy intervention on the uprising into print on its website, www.csis.org. The purpose of the Cordesman’s paper is manifestly to influence the way in which the uprising, and more importantly, Israel’s brutal response to it, were received in policy-making and opinion-shaping circles in Washington, D.C.