03238nam 2200577 450 991081901130332120230125192654.00-253-02910-4(CKB)4100000001041602(OCoLC)1012364042(MdBmJHUP)muse59780(MiAaPQ)EBC5150101(EXLCZ)99410000000104160220171215h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe limits of the land how the struggle for the West Bank shaped the Arab-Israeli conflict /Avshalom RubinBloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (xx, 318 pages) :)illustrations, mapsPerspectives on Israel StudiesIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.0-253-02897-3 0-253-02888-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Partition's inheritance : the making of the Israeli-Jordanian entente, 1949-1962 -- 2. The Jordanian crisis of 1963 and its consequences -- 3. A status quo settlement? 1964-1965 -- 4. Louder than a bomb : Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians, 1964-1966 -- 5. Partition's undoing : the end of the Israeli-Jordanian entente, 1967 -- 6. The harvest of war, June-November 1967 -- 7. A chance for peace? 1968 -- 8. The Jordanian Civil War and the seeds of disengagement, 1969-1970.Was Israel's occupation of the West Bank inevitable? From 1949-1967, the West Bank was the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Many Israelis hoped to conquer it and widen their narrow borders, while many Arabs hoped that it would serve as the core of a future Palestinian state. In The Limits of the Land, Avshalom Rubin presents a sophisticated new portrait of the Arab-Israeli struggle that goes beyond partisan narratives of the past. Drawing on new evidence from a wide variety of sources, many of them only recently declassified, Rubin argues that Israel's leaders indeed wanted to conquer the West Bank, but not at any cost. By 1967, they had abandoned hope of widening their borders and adopted an alternative strategy based on nuclear deterrence. In 1967, however, Israel's new strategy failed to prevent war, convincing its leaders that they needed to keep the territory they conquered. The result was a diplomatic stalemate that endures today.Perspectives on Israel studies.Arab-Israeli conflictIsraelisWest BankPalestinian ArabsWest BankWest BankWest BankPolitics and governmentIsraelPolitics and government1948-1967IsraelForeign relationsJordanWest BankfastArab-Israeli conflict.IsraelisPalestinian Arabs956.04Rubin Avshalom1632608MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819011303321The limits of the land3971883UNINA