Alan Dowty - The Israel/Palestine Reader

Alan Dowty, editor

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Names: Dowty, Alan, 1940- author.

Title: The Israel/Palestine reader / Alan Dowty.

Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018019542 (print) | LCCN 2018028630 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509527373 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509527335 | ISBN 9781509527335q(hardback) | ISBN 9781509527342q(pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Arab-Israeli conflictHistorySources. | Jewish-Arab relationsHistorySources. | Palestinian ArabsPolitics and governmentSources.

Classification: LCC DS119.7 (ebook) | LCC DS119.7 .D695 2018 (print) | DDC 956.04dc23

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