Israel’s Military Rule over Its Palestinian Citizens (1948–1968)

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4 - Israel’s Military Rule over Its Palestinian Citizens (1948–1968)

Shaping the Israeli Segregation System

from Part I

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Information: Israel and its Palestinian Citizens
Ethnic Privileges in the Jewish State
, pp. 103 - 136

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