Ze'ev Iviansky (1 December 1923 – 22 December 2022) was an Israeli political scientist, and a former lecturer at the department of General History and Russian Studies of the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. David C. Rapoport, "Inside Terrorist Organizations", , Psychology Press, 2001
"Zeev Ivianski"
/ref> Iviansky was born on 1 December 1923. He was the author of the book ''

Individual Terror In leftist terminology, individual terror, a form of revolutionary terror, is the murder of isolated individuals with the goal of promotion of a political movement, of provoking political changes, up to political revolution.Lev Sedov "On the Moscow ...

, Theory and Practice'' (1977) and numerous articles on

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

. He has also made significant contributions to ''1905 - Revolution and Terror'', 1988 (in Hebrew). Iviansky was a member of

Lehi Lehi (; he, לח"י – לוחמי חרות ישראל ''Lohamei Herut Israel – Lehi'', "Fighters for the Freedom of Israel – Lehi"), often known pejoratively as the Stern Gang,"This group was known to its friends as LEHI and to its enemie ...

. Iviansky died on 22 December 2022, at the age of 99.

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1923 births 2022 deaths Israeli Jews Israeli political scientists Experts on terrorism Russian studies scholars Place of birth missing Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium alumni Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Lehi (militant group) {{polisci-bio-stub