1st Edition

Zionism and Land Tenure in Mandate Palestine

By Aida Essaid Copyright 2014
288 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

A fundamental aspect of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is the territorial dispute which began long before the State of Israel was established. Analysing the land tenure system in Palestine under the administration of the British Mandate, this book questions whether, and to what extent, the land tenure system in Palestine facilitated Zionist land acquisition. The research uses... Read more
1. Introduction  2. The Politics of Land Ownership  3. The Legal Framework  4. Land Settlement, Transfers, and Disputes  5. The Case Studies: Sarafand al-Kharab  6. The Village of Al-Haram  7. The Village of Yaquq   8. Conclusion

Biography

Dr Aida Essaid is the Director of the Information and Research Center at the King Hussein Foundation in Amman, Jordan.  Aida was previously the Senior Coordinator of the West Asia - North Africa Forum, and a Researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan. As a doctoral student at the University of Exeter, Aida was a teaching assistant and research assistant at the Department of Politics, where she focussed on the Arab -Israeli conflict. Her current research focuses on development and marginalized people in Jordan and the region.