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The story of the struggle to control Gaza, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed, yet enduringly neglected. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts and the Mediterranean Sea, Gaza was contested by everyone from the Pharaohs, Persians, Greeks and Romans to the Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans and British. And, since 1948, Gaza has been at the heart of Palestinian nationalism and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Filiu\u2019s book was the first comprehensive history of Gaza to be published in any language. This new, updated edition covers events since 2011, including Gaza\u2019s renewed tragic centrality to world politics and security since the events of October 2023: history\u2019s worst attack on Israel, provoking history\u2019s worst war against the Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jean-Pierre Filiu<\/strong>\u00a0is Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po in Paris, and has held visiting professorships at Columbia University and Georgetown University. He is the author of\u00a0Gaza: A History<\/em>;\u00a0From Deep State to Islamic State\u00a0and\u00a0The Arab Revolution,<\/em> all\u00a0published by Hurst, and\u00a0The Middle East: A Political History.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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