Bibliograph

Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine, two worlds collide, Alan Dowty

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Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine, two worlds collide, Alan Dowty

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Alan Dowty

Series statement

Perspectives on Israel studies

Sub title

two worlds collide

Summary

When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Some discussions focus on the 1967 war, some go back to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and others look to the beginning of the British Mandate in 1922. Alan Dowty, however, traces the earliest roots of the conflict to the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, arguing that this historical approach highlights constant clashes between religious and ethnic groups in Palestine. He demonstrates that existing Arab residents viewed new Jewish settlers as European and shares evidence of overwhelming hostility to foreigners from European lands. He shows that Jewish settlers had tremendous incentive to minimize all obstacles to settlement, including the inconvenient hostility of the existing population. Dowty's thorough research reveals how events that occurred over 125 years ago shaped the implacable conflict that dominates the Middle East today

Target audience

adult

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