Gideon Biger

The author, professor emeritus in the department of geography and human environment of Tel Aviv University, is an expert in international borders.
IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

From Sinai to the Golan: How Israel’s borders are shifting today - opinion

Israel, like all UN member states, is a signatory to a declaration stating that it will refrain from going to war unless faced with an immediate and clear danger.

JULY 5, 2026
A VIEW of the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ramot (foreground) and Ramat Shlomo (background).

Suggestions for solving the Israeli-Palestinians dispute

A positive aspect is that the areas of the enclaves can be expected to be limited compared to the extensive areas of the settlement blocs discussed until now.

OCTOBER 21, 2017
A MAN sits on a fence in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Those successfully scaling the fence are entitled to apply for asylum.

Israeli enclaves in Palestine – Netanyahu’s proposal to Trump

Netanyahu’s proposal to US President Donald Trump, it must be assumed that first is has to be part of a full, comprehensive peace agreement which will establish an independent Palestinian state.

AUGUST 15, 2017

Resolving Israel’s territorial dispute with the PA

The strategies employed to solve border disputes in the former Yugoslavia and the Pyrenees might be helpful.

FEBRUARY 19, 2012
Israel-Egypt border fence 390