Palestinian Politics after Arafat: A Failed National Movement (Middle East Studies) - Hardcover

Ghanem, As’ad

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253354277 ISBN 13: 9780253354273

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"A valuable source on Palestinian politics in the post-Oslo accords period." --Emile Sahliyeh, University of North Texas

About the Author

As'ad Ghanem is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science, University of Haifa. He is author of The Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel: A Political Study and The Palestinian Regime: A "Partial Democracy."

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0253354277
• ISBN 13: 9780253354273
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222