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Trade Policy and Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa , edited by Hassan Hakimian and Jeffrey B. Nugent. New York: RoutledgeCurzon Press, 2004. 296 pages, references, index. US$125.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-415-30266-8

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a maze—a complex fabric of mutual violence, regarding nationality, religion, territory and resources. Since Boyle's treatment of the conflict inclines to be sweeping and rhetorical, he neglects to deal with possible war crimes of Israel such as the policy of targeted killings, house demolition, expulsions, infinite administrative detentions, collective detentions, and the Jewish settlements in the 1967 occupied Palestinian territories. Similarly, the book does not delve into possible war crimes of the Palestinians, such as indiscriminate killings of innocent civilians in suicide bombings. While the book is informative, it misses a somber exploration of two major issues, by neither offering solutions to the Palestinian refugees' problem nor dealing with how international law should react to Palestinian suicide bombing. Yet, it is a valuable book that offers a wealth of primary material and secondary interpretations. As an advocacy document, the book is missing the virtues of more detached and multidimensional academic analysis. International law is crucial for conflict resolution, but it is inadequate without mutual reconciliation through institutions and consciousness-raising among Israelis and Palestinians.