Dangerously Ignored Intersections: Palestinian Statehood and Regional Nuclear War

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Though the issues of Palestinian statehood and nuclear war are usually treated by Israel as separate perils, they have the potential to intersect. Iran’s ties to an eventual state of Palestine, which are likely to be close, could lead to direct military conflict between Iran and Israel, and intra-crisis searches for “escalation dominance” by Tehran and Jerusalem could someday spawn a limited or even regional nuclear war.