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Lewin, Eyal (2012). National Resilience during War: Refining the Decision-Making Model. Lanham, MD: Lexington.

Schueftan, Dan. Unilateralism Revisited: An Agreement on a Palestinian State is Not at Hand. Strategic Assessment, Vol. 14. No, 1. April 2011

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 Lewin, Eyal (2010). Patriotism: Insights from Israel. Amherst, NY: Cambria

Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan, Canetti-Nisim, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami (2010). Two of a Kind: Voting Motivations for Populist Radical Right and Religious Fundamentalist Parties, Electoral Studies, Volume 29 (4), 678-690.

Halperin, Eran, Canetti-Nisim, Daphna, Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan (2009). "Emotional antecedents of political intolerance: The central role of group-based hatred". Political Psychology, 30, 93-123

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., Zaidise, E., Perliger, A., & Bermanis, S. (2008). "I vs. We: Collective and Individual Factors of Reserve Service Motivation during War and Peace”, Armed Forces and Society, 34 (4), 565-592.

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., Zaidise, E., Perliger, A., & Bermanis, S. (2008). "Us vs. I: Factors Influencing the Motivation to Serve in the Reserve Forces: A Comparison between Peace Time and War Time in Israel”, Armed Forces and Society, 33 (4), 565-592

Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan. Halperin, Eran, Canetti-Nisim, Daphna (2008). "The Disengagement as an 'Anti-Democratic Process' – True Belief in Democratic Values or Public Relations in the Service of the Opposition?" In Lebel, U. (Ed.). The Disengagement (Hebrew).

Ben-Dor, G., Halperin, E., Hirsch-Hoefler, S., & Canetti-Nisim, D. (2007). The Social Aspect of National Security: The Impact of Terror on Israeli Society, Defense Journal. (forthcoming).

Ben-Dor, G. & Pedahzur, A. (2006). “Under the Threat of Terrorism: A Reassessment of the Factors Influencing the Motivation to Serve in the Israeli Reserves”, Israel Affairs, 12(3), 430-438

Ben-Dor, G. (2006). “The Middle Eastern State and the West”, In Litvak M. (Ed.), Middle Eastern Societies and the West: Accommodation or Clash of Civilizations? , the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel-Aviv University, 33-45

Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan. Halperin, Eran (2006). Through the Squalls of Hate: Arab-Phobic Attitudes among Extreme Right and Moderate Right in Israel. Palestinian Israeli Journal, 12, 53-61.

Halperin, Eran. Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan. Canetti-Nisim, Daphna (2006). "The Xenophobic Demon is no longer in the Bottle: On the Role of Psychological and Socio-economic variables in crystallization of Xenophobic Attitudes towards Foreign laborers" Social Issues 1, 89-127. (Hebrew).

Ben-Dor, G. (2004). "The Societal Component of National Resilience", National Security Studies Center, Haifa University(In Hebrew).

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., Zaidise, E. & Perliger, A. (2004). "Factors Effecting Motivation to Serve in the Reserve: Peacetime and Wartime." Ma'arachot, 394, 44-49

Ben-Dor, G. & Pedahzur A. (2004). “Civil–Military Relations in Israel in the 1990s”, In Rebhun U. & Waxman C. (Eds.), Jews in Israel: contemporary social and cultural patterns, University Press of New England and Brandies University Press, 331-345.

Ben-Dor, G. & Pedahzur, A. (2004). "The Uniqueness of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Fourth Wave of International Terrorism", In Weinberg L. & pedahzur, A. (Eds.), Religious  Fundamentalism and Political Extremism, Frank Cass publishers, England, 71-91

Weinberg, Leonard. Pedahzur, Ami. Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan (2004). The Challenges of Conceptualizing Terrorism. Terrorism and Political Violence, Spring Vol 16 (4), 777-94. *Reprinted in Horgan, John. Braddock, Kurt. (Eds.). 2012. Terrorism Studies: A Reader. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 76-90.

 Pedahzur, Ami. Hirsch, Sivan. Canetti-Nisim, Daphna (2004). Whose Victory? An Empirical Analysis of the Popular Votes for the Right-Wing Camp in the 2003 Elections. Israel Affairs 10 (4), 20-35. *Reprinted in Sandler, Shmuel. Molov, Ben. (Eds.). 2005. Israel at the Polls – 2003. London: Routledge. Pp. 20-35.

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., & Hasisi, B. (2003). "Anti-liberalism and the use of force in Israeli democracy", Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 31(1), 119-142.

Ben-Dor, G. & Pedahzur, A. (2003). "The Uniqueness of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Fourth Wave of International Terrorism", Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, 4(3), 71-90.

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., & Hasisi, B. (2002). "Israel’s National Security Doctrine under Strain – The Crisis of the Reserved Army", Armed Force and Society, 28(2), 233-255.

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D. & Zaidise, E. (2002). "The Role of Public Opinion in Israel's National Security." American Jewish Congress: Congress Monthly, 69(5), 13-15.

Ben-Dor, G., Pedahzur, A., Canetti-Nisim, D., Hasisi B. “Attitudes of the Israeli Public towards National Security Issues”, the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Herzliya Conference, 2000

Ben-Dor, G. (2000). “Fifty Years of Arab-Israeli Relations: An Israeli Perspective”, In Cohen S.A. & Shain M. (Eds.), Israel: Culture, Religion and Society 1948-1998, Jewish Publications – South Africa, 88-98.

“The Oslo Peace Process: Lessons and Paradoxes”, Journal of Negotiations (forthcoming).

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בן-דור, ג.,קנטי-נסים, ד., והלפרין, ע. (2006). המרכיב החברתי של החוסן הלאומי: עמדות הציבור הישראלי לאחר מלחמת לבנון השנייה, המרכז לחקר הביטחון הלאומי, אוניברסיטת חיפה, 28 עמודים

בן דור, ג. (2004). הגורמים המשפיעים על המוטיבציה לשרת במילואים בעת שלום ובעת מלחמה. מערכות 394,  44-49.

 בן דור, ג. (2003). האם הם באמת ויג’לנטים? עמדות תמיכה באלימות בקרב מתיישבי יש"ע ומרכיבי אוכלוסייה אחרים בישראל. מחקרי יהודה ושומרון קובץ 12, המכללה האקדמית יהודה ושמרון, אריאל, 307-316.

 בן דור, ג. (2003). ‫אסטרטגיית ההתשה בתפיסת הביטחון הישראלית. עיונים בביטחון לאומי 4, 75-83.

בן-דור, ג. (2002). שסע טריטוריאלי בישראל? אידיאולוגיה ופוליטיקה משני צדי הקו הירוק. מחקרי יהודה ושומרון, דברי הכנס ה- 11 (קובץ), המכללה האקדמית יהודה ושמרון, אריאל, שיפטן, דן. פלסטינים בישראל: מאבקו של המיעוט הערבי במדינה היהודית. זמורה-ביתן - מוצאים לאור, ישראל: 2011

בן-דור, ג. (2002). מקום העיר במלחמה. מערכות 384, 14-15

בן-דור, ג. (2001). עיונים וסוגיות בתורת ההכרעה של ישראל - בין "הכרעה" ל"ניצחון". עיונים בביטחון לאומי 2 25-41,

The project "Extremism and political violence in Israeli society" examines the influence of traumatic and threatening events and / or conflicts ('The second Intifada', terror attacks, the disengagement etc.) on support for attitudes which express extremism and political violence within Israeli public since the beginning of the previous decade. This project is considered the leading research in this field. The leading scholars are Dr. Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler and Dr. Daphna Canetti.

The project examines the extent of support for attitudes expressing extremism and political violence among various groups in society, explanations for the phenomena and the central characteristics of those who support these positions. The extremism and political violence surveys focus on a number of issues: one is the attitudes of different groups in Israeli society to the state and its institutions, namely political trust in political and security institutions, attitudes towards the induction into the military and insubordination, and support for democratic principles. The second issue is the attitude towards the "other", namely xenophobia, exclusion, political tolerance, threat perception, Kahanism and hatred. A third issue involves trends of protest and political violence as well as relevant issues related to the contemporary political situation.

Using a survey which enables wide representation of all factions of Israeli society, this study examines groups that are generally under-represented in public opinion polls, such as Palestinian citizens of Israel, the Ultra-Orthodox community, settlers and immigrants from the former Soviet Union. The data analysis focused this year mainly on comparing the attitudes of three central groups since the beginning of the previous decade: Jews who reside within the green line, settlers and Palestinian citizens of Israel. For this purpose a database, which includes all survey data from the previous decade, was built. This facilitates an observation of changes in these trends and this comparative data will serve as a basis for studies in Israel and abroad.

The National Security Studies Program

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