Yitzhak Reiter is an Israeli political scientist.

Reiter teaches in the Conflict Studies Program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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 and in the Department of Political Science at Ashkelon Academic College. Between 1978 and 1986, Reiter as the Deputy Advisor on Arab Affairs under three Prime Ministers of Israel.

His academic expertise in is modern Middle East politics and history; conflict resolution at sacred sites and holy places; the political history of Palestine, Jordan, and Israel; Islamic law and religious institutions and comparative perspectives on minority-majority conflict.

Books

• Jerusalem and its Role in Islamic Solidarity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
• National Minority, Regional Majority: Palestinian Arabs versus Jews in Israel. Syracuse

University Press, forthcoming in 2009.

• Islam and Peace Accords with Israel in Contemporary Fatwas. Jerusalem: The Jerusalem

Institute for Israel Studies, 2008. [Hebrew, forthcoming in English]

• Islamic Institutions in Jerusalem: Palestinian Muslim Administration under Jordanian and

Israeli Rule. The Hague, London and Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1997.

• Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem under British Mandate. London and Portland OR: Frank

Cass, 1996