The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005

Book Overview

After the 1993 Oslo Accords people across the world anticipated the onset of peace and an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. For Israelis, the Accords generated massive economic growth and a sense of security. For Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, they led to a dramatic rise in poverty and unemployment due to a complex array of closures, militarized checkpoints, and bypass roads, and a vast expansion of the settlement project...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804753652
• ISBN13: 9780804753654
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"