https://www.alyssagbernstein.com/blog-2-1 daily 0.75 2024-10-29 https://www.alyssagbernstein.com/blog-2-1/blog-post-title-one-rbjes monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://www.alyssagbernstein.com/blog-2-1/blog-post-title-two-2l96f monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://www.alyssagbernstein.com/blog-2-1/blog-post-title-three-nf3s5 monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://www.alyssagbernstein.com/blog-2-1/blog-post-title-four-n4ny2 monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://www.alyssagbernstein.com/home daily 1.0 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623c9e29a4ec57297db347d7/1655072561774-SBMPQVZ17A1C93MB4LDP/Bernstein_006_v2.jpg Home - Author of Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons, out now from Oxford University Press. I am an attorney and scholar studying confrontation in politically-charged prisons. My work is interdisciplinary, drawing on fields ranging from international relations, to prison sociology, to theories of how social movements disintegrate. National and religious identity, group cohesion, and even the prison canteen reflect and more importantly affect national and international politics. I study these dynamics by looking closely at prisons in societies in conflict. Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Former Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, Münster University Peace Research Prize recipient, and Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University. Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons, my book on Palestinian prisoners, looks at united actions and schisms among Palestinians in Israeli prisons from 1967-2016. It is a close academic examination of the forms of power and resistance within prison under the pressures of external political transformation. Other empirical and theoretical work on resistance in prison include a project titled Release, Rehabilitation, Recompense: Palestinian Prisoners’ Influence on Domestic and International Negotiations. I also research Israeli hostage-prisoner release negotiations between Israel, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and Hamas. As an attorney, I work in national security and international disputes, including federal litigation, investigations, and transnational corporate and individual legal violations. My pro bono and service work has included work within the criminal justice system, on behalf of victims of international conflict, incarcerated peoples’ issues and release, asylum, veterans’ benefits, free and fair elections, and criminal defense. https://www.alyssagbernstein.com/about-5 daily 0.75 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847922235-4M2PA8TEMZ0UO0K5O366/image-asset.jpeg