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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808327003321

Autore

Cohen Hillel

Titolo

The rise and fall of Arab Jerusalem : Palestinian politics and the city since 1967 / / Hillel Cohen ; photographs, Rafi Kotz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-85265-4

1-283-24212-5

9786613242129

0-203-83489-5

1-136-85266-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; ; 10

Altri autori (Persone)

KotzRafi

Disciplina

956.94/42054

Soggetti

Palestinian Arabs - Jerusalem - Politics and government - 20th century

Palestinian Arabs - Jerusalem - Politics and government - 21st century

Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-2005

Jerusalem Politics and government 20th century

Jerusalem Politics and government 21st century

Jerusalem Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Jerusalem : capital of Palestine and focus of identity, 1917-1993 -- Capital in decline : the political process 1993-2000 -- Collapse of a capital : Al-Aqsa Intifada and the armed struggle -- Political action in the shadow of the Al-Aqsa Intifada -- Palestinian elections in Jerusalem : the local and the national -- Jerusalem 2010 : a look to the future.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines Palestinian politics in Jerusalem since 1967, and in particular since the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000, focusing on the city's decline as an Arab city and the identity crisis among the Jerusalemite Palestinians. Principally concerned with Palestinian politics and how they have evolved over time from the grass roots upwards, it covers issues such as the separation wall, military activity and terror, planning regulations, the joint Jewish-Arab struggle against the occupation, and efforts to remove Palestinians from the



city. Drawing upon conversa