The Impacts of Lasting Occupation examines the effects that Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories have had on Israeli society. The consequences of occupation are evident in all aspects of Israeli life, including its political, social, legal, economic, cultural, and psychological spheres.

Introduction ; Occupied and Occupiers-The Israeli Case ; Daniel Bar-Tal and Izhak Schnell ; Part I: Fundamentals of Occupation ; Chapter 1 ; The Law of Belligerent Occupation as a System of Control: Dressing up Exploitation in Respectable Garb ; David Kretzmer ; Chapter 2 ; Is There a Controversy about the Morality of the Occupation and its Implications? ; Marcelo Dascal ; Chapter 3 ; Geographical Ramifications of the Occupation on Israeli Society ; Izhak Schnell ; Chapter 4 ; Psychological Legitimization -Views of the Israeli Occupation by Jews in Israel: Data and Implications ; Tamir Magal, Neta Oren, Daniel Bar-Tal, and Eran Halperin ; Part II: Political Effects of Occupation ; Chapter 5 ; The Occupation and Israeli Democracy ; Yaron Ezrahi ; Chapter 6 ; The Occupation and its Effect on the Israel Defense Forces ; Reuven Pedatzur ; Chapter 7 ; Intra-Domestic Bargaining over the Lands and the Future: Israel's Policy toward the 1967 Occupied Territories ; Gideon Doron and Maoz Rosenthal ; Chapter 8 ; The Impact of the Occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the Political Discourse of the Palestinians in Israel Muhammad Amara and Mohanad Mustafa ; Part III: Societal Effects of Occupation ; Chapter 9 ; The Wallkeepers: Monitoring the Israeli-Arab Conflict ; Dan Caspi with Danny Rubinstein ; Chapter 10 ; Economic Cost of the Occupation ; Shir Hever ; Chapter 11 ; Gendering the Discourse of Occupation: A Sociological Perspective ; Hanna Herzog ; Chapter 12 ; The Psychological and Moral Consequences for Israeli Society of the Occupation of Palestinian Land ; Charles W. Greenbaum and Yoel Elizur ; Part IV: Cultural Effects of Occupation ; Chapter 13 ; Appealing to Enlightened Self Interest: The Impact of Occupation on Human Rights within Israel ; Edward (Edy) Kaufman ; Chapter 14 ; The Occupation as Represented in the Arts in Israel ; Dan Urian ; Chapter 15 ; Vocabulary and the Discourse on the 1967 Territories ; Nadir Tsur ; Conclusion ; The Occupied Territories as a Cornerstone in the Reconstruction of Israeli Society ; Izhak Schnell and Daniel Bar-Tal