<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2585">This book excerpt is probably too dense and detailed for most people, understandable, but I had occasion to know Shafir when we were both students at UCLA, and he has gone on to be perhaps the leading Jewish Israeli critical historical sociologist, now teaching at UCSD.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2617"><br></div><div class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" id="enhancr2_ff60bccc-a76d-d306-dd99-2a854bc982ca" style='font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 400px;' dir="ltr" contenteditable="false" data-category="article" data-size="medium" data-type="yenhancr" data-embed-url="" data-url="http://mondoweiss.net/2017/05/occupation-lasted-this/"> <a class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2584" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; text-decoration: none !important;" href="http://mondoweiss.net/2017/05/occupation-lasted-this/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> <table class="card-wrapper" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2583" style="max-width: 400px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2582"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2581"> <td width="400" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2580"> <table width="100%" class="card-info" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2579" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-width: 1px 1px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(224, 228, 233) rgb(224, 228, 233) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; max-width: 400px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2578"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2577"> <td style="padding: 16px 0px 16px 12px; vertical-align: top;"> </td> <td id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2576" style="padding: 16px 12px; width: 99%; vertical-align: middle;"> <h2 class="card-title" style='margin: 0px 0px 4px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'>Why has the Occupation lasted this long?</h2> <div class="card-description" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); line-height: 15px; font-size: 11px;">Read an excerpt from Gershon Shafir’s latest book, “A Half Century of Occupation: Israel, Palestine, and the Wor...</div> </td> <td class="card-share-container"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2603"><br></div><a class="enhancr2_ff60bccc-a76d-d306-dd99-2a854bc982ca" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496788625433_2569" href="http://mondoweiss.net/2017/05/occupation-lasted-this/">Why has the Occupation lasted this long?</a></div></body></html>