A short history of the Gaza Strip
Irfan, Anne2025
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As a devastating war takes the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, and threatens thousands more, it is vital that we understand how we got here - and why. The Gaza Strip is one of the most politically significant and widely-reported-on parts of the world, but misunderstandings about this tiny piece of land and its history abound. Dr Anne Irfan, a lecturer at University College London and an expert in modern Palestinian history, charts the history of the Gaza Strip through six key events, from the expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians in 1948 - when Gaza was truncated to a 'strip' that absorbed large numbers of Palestinian refugees - to the rise of Hamas. She explains how the Israeli occupation of 1967 gave birth to the intifada, the movement for Palestinian resistance, and how pivotal Britain and the United States were to the politics of Israel-Palestine.
Main title:
A short history of the Gaza Strip / Anne Irfan.
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Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., 2025.London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., 2025.
Collation:
272 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781398536197 (hbk)
Dewey class:
956.943
Language:
English
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BRN:
3064194