The Palestinians

by McDowall, David

• ISBN13: 9781873194706
• ISBN10: 1873194706
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-02-01
• Publisher: Minority Rights Group

Summary

In this new and wide-ranging book, David McDowall, author of the highly respected 1986 MRG report on the Palestinians, traces their story from the late nineteenth century to the present day. He describes their first fears before 1914 of the Zionist aim to build a Jewish state in Palestine; the fulfilment of their worst expectations in the wars of 1948 and 1967; the situation of the Palestinian minority within Israel; Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the Palestinian response and the Intifada; the 1991 Gulf War and the subsequent search for peace.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Palestinians and early Zionism	p. 3
British rule: 1917-48	p. 13
Partition and dispossession: 1947-9	p. 21
Deepening conflict: 1948-67	p. 33
The Palestinian Arabs inside Israel	p. 43
Exile and the rise of the national movement	p. 63
Under Israeli occupation, 1967-87	p. 81
Resistance and the intifada	p. 93
The 1990s: Palestine lost or regained?	p. 107
A nation in the making: the Palestinians today	p. 125
Palestine and Israel: in search of peace with justice	p. 147
Palestinian rights: the international agenda	p. 161
Notes and References	p. 167
Select Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 201
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