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Article: Samih K. Farsoun and Naseer Aruri. Palestine and the Palestinians: A Social and Political History.(Book review)
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- Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2007
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Samih K. Farsoun and Naseer Aruri. Palestine and the Palestinians: A Social and Political History. 2nd edition. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 2006, 467 pages. Paper, no price indicated.
THERE ARE MANY TREATMENTS, both historical and diplomatic, of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but hardly any focusing on the Palestinians. Studies focusing on Israel as a political entity and thriving society abound, to the extent that we have been inundated with works on early Zionism, the Yishuv, the Israeli economy, and Israel's diplomatic history. Moreover, most Israeli studies are the work of Israeli scholars but the same dose not hold true to for treatments of the ...