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The Order of Things in Dheisheh The Order of Things in Dheisheh
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The Bethlehem Area The Bethlehem Area
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The Dynamics of Lingering Villages The Dynamics of Lingering Villages
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Earlier Political Affiliations and Activism in Dheisheh Earlier Political Affiliations and Activism in Dheisheh
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A Politicized Refugee Identity A Politicized Refugee Identity
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The Nakba Urging Resistance The Nakba Urging Resistance
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Claiming the Right of Return Claiming the Right of Return
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Political Disengagement at the Time of Fieldwork Political Disengagement at the Time of Fieldwork
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Lack of Political Legitimacy Lack of Political Legitimacy
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Experiences of Extensive Violence during the al-Aqsa Intifada Experiences of Extensive Violence during the al-Aqsa Intifada
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Trapped in the Bethlehem Area Trapped in the Bethlehem Area
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Concluding Remarks Concluding Remarks
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1 Dheisheh as a Social and Political Space
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Published:November 2015
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Abstract
This chapter discusses Dheisheh as a political and social space within the specific context of the Bethlehem area. The reader will here find some basic facts about the camp and its establishment by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) in the early 1950s. In this context of displacement, village origins remain important to some extent. The chapter explains how and why Dheishehans had earlier been deeply involved in political activism, and why they distanced themselves from it during the al-Aqsa Intifada. The argument is that the political mobilization of Palestinian camp refugees had first of all depended on their experiences of loss and flight in 1948, as well as continuous army violations. Their disengagement at the time of fieldwork was due to encounters of extensive violence during the militarized al-Aqsa Intifada, along with deep distrust and disbelief in the Palestinian political elite and their way of advancing the national project.
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