TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Revisiting the statistical analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
JO  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A1  - Golan, David
A1  - Rosenblatt, Jonathan D.
SP  - E53
EP  - E54
VL  - 108
IS  - 15
N2  - Haushofer et al. (Haushofer J,     Bilettzki A, Kanwisher N (2010) Both sides retaliate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 07:17927-17932.) set out to study the causal factors that perpetuate violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They attribute 10% and 4% of casualties to Palestinian and Israeli retaliation, respectively; these percentages are immaterial and statistically insignificant, thus failing to show the cycle of violence. Reanalyzing the same data while addressing the shortcomings in statistical analysis as detailed below, we find that the nature of the conflict varies over time. Some periods display a cycle of violence regimen, whereas in most periods, retaliation explains a minuscule portion of events, suggesting that the parties display no statistical regularity in their actions. The results also show the shift in retaliation strategies on the Palestinian side from killings to Qassam attacks, which are typically smaller than the Israeli retaliation effect.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0027-8424
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016378108
ID  - ref1
ER  -