James Ron

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 means for victims,...