Israel and the Gaza Strip

This book concentrates on the formative period of the Gaza Strip and the bordering Israeli Gaza Frontier Area, considering them as a distinct geographic region that might best be understood as an integral unit of analysis.

Autorentext

Arnon Golan is a historical geographer, currently teaching at the School of Environmental Sciences, the University of Haifa. He received his bachelor's degree in history and geography, and MA and PhD in geography from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research concentrates on the urban history of Palestine/Israel during the British Mandate period and the formative years of the State of Israel, as well as the transformation of human landscapes during and following the 1948 and 1956 Arab-Israeli Wars.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. War and the Gaza Strip: The Egyptian Front 2. Politics, Negotiations, Armistice and Infiltration 3. The Gaza Strip and its Development 1949-1956 4. A Border in Flames: From Modus Vivendi to Black Arrow (March 1950 - February 1955) 5. From Operation Hetz Shahor to the 1956 War (March 1955 - October 1956) 6. The 1956 Sinai War and the First Israeli Military Government in the Gaza Strip 7. The Framing of the Israeli Military Government in the Gaza Strip and its Aftermath Concluding Remarks: One That Is Two and Two That Are One