Down to the River: Identity, Citizenship, Security, Borders and Water at the occupied Golan Heights

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Down to the River : Identity, Citizenship, Security, Borders and Water at the occupied Golan Heights. / Wessels, Josepha Ivanka.

In: Middle East Critique, Vol. 24, No. 3, 29.07.2015, p. 269-287.

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Wessels, JI 2015, 'Down to the River: Identity, Citizenship, Security, Borders and Water at the occupied Golan Heights', Middle East Critique, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2015.1046709

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Wessels, J. I. (2015). Down to the River: Identity, Citizenship, Security, Borders and Water at the occupied Golan Heights. Middle East Critique, 24(3), 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2015.1046709

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Wessels JI. Down to the River: Identity, Citizenship, Security, Borders and Water at the occupied Golan Heights. Middle East Critique. 2015 Jul 29;24(3):269-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2015.1046709

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Wessels, Josepha Ivanka. / Down to the River : Identity, Citizenship, Security, Borders and Water at the occupied Golan Heights. In: Middle East Critique. 2015 ; Vol. 24, No. 3. pp. 269-287.

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