The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A History

James L. Gelvin

doi:10.1017/9781108771634

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Chapter 1: The Land and its Lure

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James L. Gelvin

, University of California, Los Angeles

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The chapter looks at the geography of the territory west of the Jordan River, and describes how competing nationalist narratives –– Zionism and Palestinian nationalism –– have inscribed meaning not only in that geography, but in the pre-national history of the two “peoples” with rival claims to the land.

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Zionism
Palestinian nationalism
nationalist narratives
Masada

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Chapter DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108771634.002
Book DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108771634
Subjects Area Studies,History,Middle East Government,Politics and Policy,Middle East History,Middle East Studies,Politics and International Relations
Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 22 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781108488686
Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 22 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781108738637
Format: Digital
- Publication date: 08 March 2021
- ISBN: 9781108771634
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