Marco Allegra (marco.allegra@unito.it) is a research fellow in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Torino and is currently working on a research project on Ma’ale Adumim. The preliminary results of this research have been presented at the Exeter Center for Ethno- Political Studies (EXCEPS) International Conference (Exeter, June 27-30, 2010) and at the panel “The Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflict in the Middle East” held at the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) (Barcelona, July 19-24, 2010).