Territory and demography
The case of the Jewish‐Arab national struggle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10282148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Romann (0000-0003-4139-2955, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 371-382 |
| Publication date | 1990-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263209008700823 |
| OpenAlex | W2053107527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
The Arab population in Israel continues to grow rapidly thereby making it more difficult for the Jewish state to increase its ability to control territory. In the late 1800s Jews who settled in Palestine were in the minority and had little political power. In 1907 a Zionist leader set the stage for a comprehensive settlement strategy aimed to concentrate Jewish land holdings and settlement to certain areas. The intent was to begin a territorial continuum and a Jewish majority therefore making room for eventual political autonomy. This experience as a minority group even though they now constitute a fragile majority (63% in 1984 still motivates Jews to gain a foothold in Arab dominated territories. Each time the Israeli border moves beyond the boundaries delineated prior to 1967 the population becomes spatially mixed because of the influx of Jews to settle the newly acquired Arab dominated territory. But Israeli settlement policies in the West Bank for example make it very difficult to realize a territorial compromise. Trying to sidestep the territorial-demographic dilemma some leaders have proposed numerous plans considering a functional partition instead of a territorial partition. Nevertheless in both political and demographic terms the core problem continues to be the collective rights of the minority compared to those of the majority. Further each side denies that the other side has collective rights to the contested land thereby pinpointing the heart of the Jewish-Arab national conflict. This continuous Jewish territorial control over subordinated Arabs has expectedly caused internal strife between the 2 ethnic groups
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |