The Palestinians
Subtitle: the road to nationhood
By: by David McDowall.
Series: Minority rights publications
Publisher: Minority Rights Publications
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Jewish-Arab relations -- 1949-; Palestinian Arabs -- History.; Israel -- Politics and government.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.

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