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Author Hiro, Dilip.

Title Sharing the Promised Land : a tale of Israelis and Palestinians / Dilip Hiro.

Publication Info. New York : Olive Branch Press, 1999.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  956.9405 H668S    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description xxvii, 372 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Contents The walled heart of Jerusalelm: a battleground -- Jerusalem: Yerushalayim/Al Quds -- Mea Shearim: a fortress of Jewish ultra-orthodoxy -- The secular center: pragmatic politicians -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF): the sword and social cement -- The double marginals: Israeli Arabs -- New frontiersmen: zealots on the hills -- The West Bank: a diminishing heritage of Palestinians -- Gaza: the end of the line -- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): armed resistance to red-carpet respectability -- The Palestinian Authority: an embryo -- Islamist opposition: Hamas and the Islamic Jihad -- Divine promises: the disputing inheritors -- Summing up the past, surmising the future.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-357) and index.
Subject Arab-Israeli conflict.
Israel -- Ethnic relations.
Israel -- Social conditions.
Jerusalem -- International status.
Palestinian Arabs -- Israel.
Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government.
ISBN 1566563194 paper
1566563208 hardback
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