Who owns the Shebaa farms? Chronicle of a territorial dispute

Middle East Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 576-596

  Kaufman, Asher ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDOWNERSHIP; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

ISRAEL; LEBANON;

EID: 0036770692     PISSN: 00263141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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