A Wall In Palestine
by Rene Backmann
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0312427816
- ISBN 13
- 9780312427818
- Seller
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About This Item
Picador, New York, 2006. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. The West Bank Barrier is expected to be completed in 2010. Declared illegal by the United Nations International Court of Justice, this network of concrete walls, trenches, and barbed-wire fences could permanently redraw one of the most disputed property lines in the Middle East - the Green Line that separates Israel and the West Bank. To Israel the security fence is intended to keep Palestinian terrorists from entering its territory. But to Palestinians the apartheid wall that sliced through orchards and houses, and cuts off family members from one another, is a land grab.In this comprehensive book, Backmann not only addresses the barrier's impact on ordinary citizens, but how it will shape the future of the Middle East. Though it promises security to an Israeli population weary of terrorism, it also is responsible for the widespread destruction of Palestinian homes and farmland; with its Byzantine checkpoint regulations, it has also severely crippled the Palestinian economy; and, most urgent, the barrier often deviates from the Green Line, appropriating thousands of acres of land, effectively redrawing the boundary between the West Bank and Israel. Backmann interviews Israeli policy makers, politicians, and military personnel, as well as Palestinians living throughout the West Bank, telling the stories not only of the barrier's architects, but also of those who must reckon with it on a day-to-day basis on the ground. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 264 pages. Deckled edges (rough cut). Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; ISBN: 0312427816. ISBN/EAN: 9780312427818. Inventory No: 50636. . 9780312427818
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- Bookseller
- Bong Bong Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50636
- Title
- A Wall In Palestine
- Author
- Rene Backmann
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312427816
- ISBN 13
- 9780312427818
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BZDB3 Politics & Government; Unbranded ISBN: 0312427816 EAN: 9780312427818 Rene Backmann A Wall In Palestine
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