Geography of the Intifada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4486970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleen G Noble, Elisha Efrat |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Publication date | 1990-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/215306 |
| OpenAlex | W2329736595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
The conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis has steadily expanded since December 1987. This article provides a geographical interpretation of the widening of the conflict. Demographic factors strongly favor the Arabs. Newly established Jewish settlements in the occupied territories provoked the Arabs, and their refugee camps became the initial foci of conflict. The uprising then diffused along principal routes of access in both the Gaza Strip and JudeaSamaria. The unity carefully fostered by the Israelis since 1967 for Jerusalem proved to be ephemeral. EARLY December 1989 marked the two-year anniversary of the Palestinian uprising against Israel in Judea-Samaria and the Gaza Strip, which are also known as the occupied or administered territories. The intifada, to use the Arabic word for the uprising, came as a great surprise to many Israelis and emerged from an array of Arab political demands: self-determination, an independent Palestinian state, and evacuation of Israeli military forces from the occupied territories. The intifada began with an incident in the Gaza Strip, spread quickly to other locations there and in Judea-Samaria, and eventually assumed the character of a violent revolt throughout the Palestinian Arab areas. The purpose of this article is to analyze the geographical characteristics of the intifada and its stages of development, with an emphasis on the spatial perspectives of the uprising and their relationship to political events and activities. To demonstrate how geographical features have shaped the development of the intifada, we analyze three important elements: the demographic balance between Israelis and Arabs, the dispersion of the Arab refugee camps in the territories, and the problems stemming from the 1967 reunification of Jerusalem
Economic geography · Geography · Regional science · Agricultural and Environmental Management · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2019 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |