Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel's Liberal Settler State

by Shira Robinson

Book Overview

Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much larger portion of its territory. Offered immediate suffrage rights and, in time, citizenship status, they nonetheless found their movement, employment, and civil rights restricted by a draconian military government put in place to facilitate the colonization of their lands. Citizen Strangers traces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804788006
• ISBN13: 9780804788007
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"