The Palestinian national movement, politics of contention, 1967-2005, Amal Jamal
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The Palestinian national movement, politics of contention, 1967-2005, Amal Jamal
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The Palestinian national movement
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Amal Jamal
Series statement
Indiana series in Middle East studies
Sub title
politics of contention, 1967-2005
Summary
This innovative study examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. The PLO leadership has sought to prevent the rise of any alternative in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that can challenge its authority to represent Palestinian aspirations for self-determination. Drawing on Palestinian sources and interviews with Palestinian political leaders, Jamal argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize new social forces-local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements-while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures. This policy has served to radicalize the younger local elites, contributing to the tensions that precipitated the first and second intifadas. Israel's policies have undermined the legitimacy of the national elite, while enhancing the Islamist opposition's ideological legitimacy. In this way, internal elite disunity and growing political differentiation have worked against development of a common Palestinian strategy of state-building
Target audience
adult
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