Palestinian politics after Arafat : a failed national movement / As'ad Ghanem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganim, Asad.

Series:

Indiana series in Middle East studies.

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government--21st century.

Palestinian Arabs.

Nationalism--Palestine.

Nationalism.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004.

Arafat, Yasir.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Palestinian national movement reached a dead-end and came close to disintegration at the beginning of the present century. The struggle for power after the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004 signaled the end of a path toward statehood prepared by the Oslo Accords a decade before. The reasons for the failure of the movement are deeply rooted in modern Palestinian history. As'ad Ghanem analyzes the internal and external events that unfolded as the Palestinian national movement became a "failed national movement," marked by internecine struggle and collapse, the failure to secure establishment of a separate state and achieve a stable peace with Israel, and the movement's declining stature within the Arab world and the international community.

Contents:

The Israeli post-Oslo strategy: the demographic threat and the shift from conflict resolution to conflict management

Israeli public attitudes toward peace with the Palestinians: which peace?

Arafat's heritage of political control

The politics of reform in the Palestinian national authority

Palestinians in search of authoritative leadership after Arafat

The empowerment of Hamas and the outbreak of Palestinian infighting.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-53985-X

9786612539855

0-253-00401-2

OCLC:

607552624