Ian S. Lustick

Ian S. Lustick is an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality.

Articles by Ian S. Lustick

Israeli military veterans wave national flags during a rally against the government's judicial reform bill, along a highway near Netanya on March 28, 2023.

The Question of Israel’s Right to Exist Is a Red Herring

Argument

September 1, 2025, 6:00 AM

An illustration shows a peace dove with a rocket in its beak tangled in barbed wire atop a border wall between Gaza and Israel.

Vengeance Is Not a Policy

Argument

October 13, 2023, 6:33 PM

Israeli police confront protesters during ongoing demonstrations in Tel Aviv on March 23, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

What America’s Civil War Can Teach Us About Israel’s

Analysis

March 26, 2023, 1:00 AM

Local and international peace activists stand on a concrete block, part of Israel's controversial separation barrier, after pulling it down during a protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Nov. 9, 2009 to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany.

Last Time a Jewish State Annexed Its Neighbors, It Disappeared for 2,000 Years

Argument

September 15, 2019, 4:50 AM

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