Palestinian Politics After Arafat: A Failed National Movement

by As'ad Ghanem

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253221609
• ISBN13: 9780253221605
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"