Title: Crossing the green line between the West Bank and Israel
Description: "Crossing the Green Line is about passing through checkpoints - specifically those that mark the Green Line, the geopolitical border separating the West Bank from Israel proper - and how their existence affects the daily life of West Bank Palestinians." "At the heart of the current Palestinian-Israeli struggle lies the question of territorial partition and the establishment of sovereignty within those areas.".

"With unparalleled access to firsthand accounts, Avram S. Bornstein explores the complex relationship between Israeli Arabs and West Bank Palestinians in the classic tradition of ethnographic inquiry and participant-observation.

By describing the everyday lives of West bank Palestinians with whom he lived and worked, Bornstein reveals that Palestinian agriculture and industry have become so severely restricted by Israeli border policies that tens of thousands of Palestinians must work for Israelis, crossing the border illegally to work in Israel every day.

The divide can be felt profoundly by those Palestinians forced to live in the West Bank, as their socioeconomic situations differ dramatically from those of relatives living only a few miles on the other side of the border."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict, Economic conditions, Ethnic identity, Historical geography, Palestinian Arabs, Social conditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Minority Studies, Soziale Situation, Economic history, Discrimination & Race Relations, Wirtschaftliche Lage, West bank, economic conditions, West bank, ethnic relations, Palestine, historical geography, Conditions sociales, Conditions économiques, Palestiniens, Identité ethnique, Conflit israélo-arabe, Middle eastern & north african studies, Israel/palestine - history, Human geography - historical geography, Israel/palestine - politics & government, Economic conditions in the middle east, Israel/palestine - history - gene
Places: Palestine, West Bank
People: Avram S. Bornstein
Time periods: 20th century