Palestine Versus the Palestinians? The Iron Laws and Ironies of a People Denied

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" Palestine Versus the Palestinians? The Iron Laws and Ironies of a People Denied "
B. Doumani

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	818715
Doc. No	:	LA97571
Call No	:	‭10.1525/jps.2007.36.4.49‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	B. Doumani
Title & Author	:	Palestine Versus the Palestinians? The Iron Laws and Ironies of a People Denied [Article]\ B. Doumani
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Palestine Studies
Date	:	2007
Volume/ Issue Number	:	36/4
Page No	:	49-64
Abstract	:	An iron law of the conflict over Palestine has been the refusal by the Zionist movement and its backers, first Great Britain and then the United States, to make room for the existence of Palestinians as a political community. This non-recognition is rooted in historical forces that predate the existence of the Zionist movement and the Palestinians as a people. Consequently, there is a tension between identity and territory, with obvious repercussions for the following questions: Who are the Palestinians? What do they want? And who speaks for them? This essay calls for a critical reappraisal of the relationship between the concepts “Palestine” and “Palestinians,” as well as of the state-centered project of successive phases of the Palestinian national movement.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1525/jps.2007.36.4.49‬