scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

The Americanisation of Israeli housing practices

Gabriel Schwake
- 04 Jun 2020 - 
- Vol. 25, Iss: 3, pp 295-316
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
The UN Resolution 181 of 27 November 1947, which called for the establishment of a Jewish state in parts of Palestine, was one of the only votes backed by both the USSR and the USA as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract
The UN Resolution 181 of 27 November 1947, which called for the establishment of a Jewish state in parts of Palestine, was one of the only votes backed by both the USSR and the USA. Both superpower...

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal Article

Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation

Joel Beinin
- 01 Oct 2008 - 
TL;DR: Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation, by Eyal Weizman London: Verso, 2007 318 pp $3495 Hollow Land as discussed by the authors examines how different forms of Israeli rule over the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 "inscribed themselves in space" to accomplish this purpose.
Journal ArticleDOI

1948. A History of the First Arab–Israeli War

TL;DR: Benny Morris New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2008, Pp.xi+−524, bibliography, index, $32.50 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-300-12696-9.
Journal ArticleDOI

The community settlement: a neo-rural territorial tool

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the use of the homogeneous character of the Israeli Community Settlements, which are small-scale non-agricultural villages that consist of a limited number of families and a homogenous character.
Journal ArticleDOI

Settle and Rule: The Evolution of the Israeli National Project

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define the Practical Zionism territorial strategy as a Settle and Rule mechanism that evolved through four periods of development, from the prestate era to the post-state era.
Journal ArticleDOI

Supply-side Territoriality: reshaping a geopolitical project according to economic means

TL;DR: In this article, a series of suburban settlements adjacent to the border with the occupied West-Bank which illustrate the increasing privatisation of the Israeli settlement mechanism is discussed. But the authors focus on the development of the "Stars" and do not consider the economic feasibility of the private sector.
References
More filters
Book

Ethnocracy: Land and Identity Politics in Israel/Palestine

TL;DR: A Demos for Israel/Palestine? Toward Phased Binationalism as mentioned in this paper, a way forward? The Planning of a Binational Capital in Jerusalem 12.1.
Book

Redesigning the American Dream: The Future of Housing, Work and Family Life

TL;DR: Hayden as mentioned in this paper pointed out the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for the two-earner family, the single-parent family, and single people.
Book

The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the first stage of the exodus, November 1947-March 1948, and the failure to reach agreement and a solution, 1949, which led to the creation of Israel.