Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 239 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Year of publication:
2021
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Burkert, Rebecca Struggle for existence
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Universität Potsdam 2022
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
In this project, I sought to understand how Palestinian claim-making in the West Bank is possible within the context of continuing Israeli occupation and repression by the Palestinian political leadership. I explored the questions of what channels non-state actors use to advance their claims, what opportunities they have for making these claims, and what challenges they face. This exploration covers the time period from the Oslo Accords in the mid-1990s to the so-called Great March of Return in 2018. I demonstrated that Palestinians used different modes and strategies of resistance in the past century, as the area of what today is Israel/Palestine has historically been a target for foreign penetration. Yet, the Oslo agreements between the Israeli government and the Palestinian leadership have ended Palestinians’ decentralized and pluralist social governance, reinforced Israeli rule in the Palestinian territories, promoted continuing dispossession and segregation of Palestinians, and further restricted their rights and their ...
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