Fathom Deputy Editors Jack Omer-Jackaman and Calev Ben-Dor talk to Dr Rob Geist Pinfold, Lecturer in Peace and Security at Durham University and the author of Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits (2023, Oxford University Press). Rob assesses the impact of Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip on the Hamas pogrom of October 7th. Rob also analyses Israel’s previous territorial withdrawals and his thesis that they have not made Israel more vulnerable.
November / 2023
“What worries me most is the lack of a plan for the day after Hamas” | Fathom Interview: Dr Rob Geist Pinfold
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