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Drummond, Dorothy Weitz.

Holy land, whose land? : modern dilemma, ancient roots / Dorothy Drummond.

Second edition revised.

Terre Haute, Ind. : Fairhurst Press, 2004.

xx, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

PROLOGUE: From Suleiman's Wall -- PART I: THE PRESENT: Turmoil in the Holy Land -- Birth of a Jewish state -- Occupied Territories -- Arafat's islands -- Syria and the Golan Heights -- Palestinian refugees -- People of the Holy Land -- A longing for peace -- PART II: THE PAST AS PROLOGUE: From Abraham to Arafat -- The Patriarchs -- The Exodus -- The Promised Land -- Kingdoms and power -- In the wake of empires -- Greeks and Romans -- Sources and evidence -- Jesus Christ -- The new faith spreads -- Sites of pilgrimage -- The Jewish revolts and the diaspora -- The high points of empire -- The Byzantines -- The coming of Islam -- The Crusaders -- The Turks -- The mandate years and after: the roots of Arab anger -- The roots of modern Israel -- Sharon and Arafat: antagonists at seventy -- PART III: TODAY: In the vortex -- A shattering of dreams -- The wider conflict -- The only way out -- EPILOGUE: From Suleiman's Wall.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297) and index.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Jews -- History.

Palestine -- History.

Drummond, Dorothy Weitz -- Travel -- Palestine.

Palestine -- Description and travel.

Jewish-Arab relations -- History.

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