Wall Politics
Zionist and Palestinian Strategies in Jerusalem, 1928
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12019688 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Ellen Lundsten (Mary Ellen Lundsten is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-27 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Palestine Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0377-919X • E-ISSN: 1533-8614 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2536099 |
| OpenAlex | W1977576815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Benedetto Croce noted that all history has character of 'contemporary history,' because, however remote in time events there recounted may seem to be, the history in reality refers to and situations wherein those events vibrate.' Exactly 50 years ago, late in September 1928, an incident occurred at the Western Wall of the Holy Sanctuary in Jerusalem which set in motion a sequence of violent events that clearly vibrate, as Croce put it, in political situations and judgments today. The Western or Wailing Wall controversy, which became a public issue in 1928, triggered the intercommunal violence that in 1929 claimed 800 casualties2 and marked the shift of the political process in Palestine into the irreconcilably violent phase which continues today. Recent discussions of the present needs of a Middle East peace settlement offer little to dispute Croce's observation. Those which reject the possibility and/or acceptability of a democratic, secular state in all of Palestine often refer back to the intercommunal violence of the Mandate era
Ancient history · Palestine · Political science · Politics · Zionism · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |