Jordan's Palestinian Challenge, 1948-1983

A Political History

Bibliographic Data

ID19933531
AuthorsClinton Bailey (0000-0003-3951-2268, corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages158
Publication date2019-03-04
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueJordan's Palestinian Challenge, 1948-1983 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780429035227
OpenAlexW382573775
ISBN9780429035227
Open LibraryOL54036177M
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Two-thirds of all Palestinians are Jordanian citizens living on the East and West Banks; a sizable number also reside and work in various parts of the Arabian Peninsula. With the questions of ultimate sovereignty over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip attracting much international attention since Israel's occupation of these areas in 1967, the solution to the Palestinian question is often seen as entirely dependent on Palestinian relations with Israel, despite the fact that only one-third of the Palestinians live in the occupied territories. In contrast, Palestinian relations with the Arab states, including Jordan, are generally portrayed as a sideshow to the main theater of conflict. This book examines the thirty-five-year struggle between the Hashimite monarchy and the forces of Palestinian nationalism over the future identity, and perhaps location, of those two-thirds of the Palestinian people who have been Jordanian subjects since 1948. Dr. Bailey bases his study on "open" sources: reports appearing in the Arab, Israeli, and world press, in addition to academic studies and published memoirs of persons involved in the events described, providing an accurate portrayal of the significant developments in Jordan's Palestinian challenge over the past thirty-five years

Ancient history · Palestine · Political science · Politics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Fedayeen · Fedayins · General · Jordan · Palestinian arabs · Palestiniens · politics and government · Politics and government

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