this study is a revised and expanded edition of one by the same author that was published by the ips in 1987, under the title creating facts: israel and the palestinians and the west bank. this edition covers developments in the west bank from 1987-1990. this is the most authoritative and best documented work available in english on israel's policies and practices in the west bank and of palestinian conditions under occupation from the 1967 june war until the outbreak of the first intifada in 1987.