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Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 - A Tale of Two Cities (Hardcover)
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Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 - A Tale of Two Cities (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Between November 1947 and May 1948 war between the Palestinian Arab
community and the Jewish community encompassed Palestine, with
Jerusalem and Jaffa becoming focal points in the conflict due to
their centrality, size and symbolic importance. Palestinians in
Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 examines Palestinian Arab society,
institutions, and fighters in Jerusalem and Jaffa during the
conflict. It is one of the first books in English that deals with
the Palestinian Arabs at this crucial and tragic moment in their
history, with extensive use of Arabic sources and an inquiry from
the Palestinian vantage point. It examines the causes of the social
collapse of the Palestinian Arab communities in Jerusalem and Jaffa
during the 1948 inter-communal war, and the impact of this collapse
on the military defeat. This book reveals that the most important
internal factors to the Palestinian defeat were the social changes
that took place in Arab society during the British Mandate, namely
internal migration from rural areas to the cities, the shift from
agriculture to wage labour, and the rise of the urban middle class.
By looking beyond the well-established external factors, this study
uncovers how modernity led to a breakdown within Palestinian Arab
society, widening social fissures without producing effective
institutions, and thus alienating social classes both from each
other and from the leadership. With careful examination of a range
of sources and informed analysis of Palestinian social history,
Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 is a key resource for
students and scholars interested in the modern Middle East,
Palestinian Studies, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Israel Studies.
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