Israel's new moves to promote de-facto annexation of the West Bank may hold a silver lining.

The piece examines how recent diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by more than 150 countries—including Australia, Belgium, France, Portugal, and the United Kingdom—could, under certain geopolitical conditions, unintentionally heighten the risk of large-scale violence in the West Bank.

By James Ron In 2006, I co-authored a study with Howard Ramos and Kathleen Rodgers examining a fundamental question: why do some human rights crises dominate international attention, while others are largely ignored? Our human rights "hit list" from the 2006 article in Contexts Nearly two decades later, with major crises unfolding — especially in Ukraine, Gaza, and beyond — the conclusions remain urgent for understanding how global attention is allocated, and what that mea

In 2000, I published an article in Social Problems titled S avage Restraint: Israel, Palestine and the Dialectics of Legal Repression . ...

James Ron's 2003 book, Frontiers and Ghettos, anticipated the violence 20 years later in the Gaza Strip.

Surveys from around the world show that the people who are critical of police are not, on average, the same as those who criticize business.

Religous faith and importance shapes views towards immigration in the US.

Marxist perspectives have long argued that religion is an illusion that suppresses the willingness of ordinary people to change the...

I posted a striking public opinion survey that appeared in the English edition of Haaretz, Israel’s leading liberal newspaper, indicating that a very large majority of Jewish Israelis supported the expulsion of Gazans. The poll’s author is a respected scholar. The post generated substantial engagement on LinkedIn. However, soon after, several researchers raised concerns about the survey's methods and interpretation. I have reached out to the author of the survey for more