Date of Graduation
Fall 12-16-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in International Studies
Department/Program
International Studies
First Advisor
Keally McBride, PhD
Abstract
The conflict in Israel-Palestine is over the sovereign control of territory and takes place within a global framework made up of clearly defined nation-states. It is within this framework that Israeli colonial expansion and construction of the separation barrier in the West Bank attempt to maximize Israeli annexation of the oPt while creating a Palestinian Bantustan “state” to contain and isolate the Palestinian people in non-sovereign territorial enclaves through the use of territoriality as a strategy for exercising sovereignty. In response to this obvious process of cantonization, Palestinians are resisting by supporting Israeli annexation – of the West Bank and its Arab population. That way, the Palestinian people can protect their rights as citizens of the State of Israel.
Recommended Citation
Hughes, Sara Nichole, "Territoriality, Sovereignty and the Nation-state System in Israel-Palestine: The Creation of the Palestinian Bantustan “state” and Shifting Palestinian Resistance Tactics" (2011). Master's Theses. 9.
https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/9
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