Understanding the Holy Land
Subtitle: answering questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By: Mitch Frank
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780670060320; 9780670060436
Subjects: Miscellanea; Arab-Israeli conflict; Nahostkonflikt
Description: Complete with maps and photographs, a guide provides a comprehensive review of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a review of the area's history, its people, significant past and present events, and definitions of commonly used terms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?; title: Map: Israel & the Occupied Territories; title: Who were the Israelis before there was a state of Israel?; title: Who were the Palestinians before they became known as Palestinians?; title: How did the Israeli-Palestinian conflict begin?; title: How was Israel founded?; title: How did Arab nations react after Israel's founding?; title: Map: the Middle East & Central Asia; title: What is the PLO?; title: What is intifada?; title: What was the Oslo peace process?; title: What is life like for Israelis and Palestinians today?; title: How has the rest of the world responded to the conflict?; title: Why is peace so hard?; title: Timeline; title: Acknowledgements; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index.