Ideological and political influences on Israeli rurban colonization: The West Bank and Galilee mountains

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Abstract

Settlement activity in the West Bank and Galilee mountain regions is examined to establish the extent to which the changing ideologies in Israeli society are reflected. While settlement location and settlement type are both seen to have influenced Jewish colonization over the past 100 years, it is the former that provides the dominant framework for understanding decision‐making in a situation of territorial conflict. The change in dominant ideology in Israel during the 1970s is evidenced by a process of modification in settlement policies, resulting in the development of new urban village types in a mountain environment. Ce texte examine les colonies de peuplements en Cisjordanie et en Galilée afin d'établir dans quelle mesureellesrefletent éevolution idéologique delasociété israelienne. Si le lieu et le type des colonies semblent avoir influé sur la colonisation juive depuis 100 ans, c'est le lieu qui sert de cadre dominant permettant de comprendre les décisions prises en cas de conflit territorial. Le changement d'idéologie dominante en Israël durant les années 1970 est attesté par un processus de modification dans les politiques de colonisation, ce qui a entraîné l'aménagement de nouveaux types de villages urbains en milieu montagneux.

Original languageEnglish
Pages142-155
Number of pages14
Volume28
No2
Specialist publicationCanadian Geographer / Geographie Canadien
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1984
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Earth-Surface Processes

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