The West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Geography of

Written in a clear and easy-to-follow style, this revealing text examines the contemporary political geography of the West Bank and Gaza strip. Descriptive in nature, it documents the changes and developments since 1967 right up to the disengagement from Gaza. The book is supplemented by numerous maps and covers issues including demography, Jewish settlements, water and natural resources, transport infrastructure, planning, partition plans for Jerusalem, settlement policy and the Separation Fence. One of the first books to tackle this contentious subject from a geographical rather than a political or historical perspective, The West Bank and Gaza Strip will be of huge interest to both undergraduate and graduate students studying the Israel-Palestine question.

Elisha Efrat is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Tel Aviv University

Plates

vii

Figures

ix

Tables

xi

Introduction

1

(3)

1 The scope of geography and occupation

4

(5)

2 The West Bank: A Jewish—Arab struggle for sovereignty

9

(115)

Background

9

(3)

Judea and Samaria under Jordanian rule

12

(3)

The geographical patterns of Arab settlements and towns

15

(8)

First steps in the physical planning of the West Bank

23

(2)

The "Allon" plan

25

(2)

Successive expansion plans

27

(2)

The Gush Emunim activities

29

(4)

Types of Jewish settlements in the West Bank

33

(7)

The outposts

40

(9)

The future of the "Green Line"

49

(3)

The 'Axis of the Hills" plan

52

(1)

Requiem for the Jewish settlements

53

(6)

The struggle for land

59

(6)

Disputed waters

65

(5)

The Jewish—Palestinian demography

70

(10)

Apartheid roads

80

(7)

Peace patterns in an insurgency region

87

(3)

The planning system

90

(3)

The map of the West Bank and the implications of the settlement policy

93

(8)

Patterns toward peace

101

(6)

The separation fence

107

(11)

The High Court ruling regarding the separation fence

118

(6)

3 Jerusalem — reunited but divided

124

(42)

Background

124

(3)

Planning perspectives of the British

127

(5)

Planning prospects of the Israelis in West Jerusalem since 1967

132

(7)

Planning perspectives and problems of the reunited city

139

(8)

The Jewish Arab struggle in the city and in its environs

147

(7)

Partition plans for the holy city

154

(12)

4 The Gaza Strip – from Jewish bloc-settlement to disengagement

166

(30)

Background

166

(2)

Distribution of settlements and population in 1947

168

(2)

Gaza — the main urban center

170

(2)

The Gaza Strip between 1948 and 1967

172

(2)

The Gaza Strip after 1967

174

(2)

The Qatif bloc

176

(4)

The evacuation of the Yamit region as a precedent

180

(3)

Disengagement from the Gaza Strip

183

(8)

Execution of the disengagement

191

(5)

5 The Palestinian State

196

(6)

6 Occupation and delusions

202

(5)

Glossary

207

(2)

Select bibliography

209

(4)

Index

213

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