Bibliograph

The Palestinians, Anna Carew-Miller

Type

Label

The Palestinians, Anna Carew-Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Palestinians

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

908701384

Responsibility statement

Anna Carew-Miller

Series statement

Major nations of the modern Middle East

Summary

At the center of one of the world's most intractable conflicts are a people who number fewer than 12 million worldwide: the Palestinians. For centuries these people of Arab ancestry lived in the eastern Mediterranean region known as Palestine or, because of its religious significance, as the Holy Land. In 1948 a United Nations plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states led to what Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip areas under Israeli military rule. Since that time, Palestinians and Israelis have been locked in bloody conflict. The continued violence has prevented the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, and fueled unrest elsewhere in the Middle East

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Place in the world -- The land -- History -- The economy, politics, and religion -- The people -- Communities -- Foreign relations -- A two-state solution? -- Chronology -- Series glossary

Target audience

juvenile

Classification