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About Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham is Professor of Urban Technology at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University. Among his research interests are technology and urban planning, and urban surveillance.

Articles by Stephen Graham

Tuesday 6th August

'Clean territory': urbicide in the West Bank

Stephen Graham, 6 August 2002
The Israel–Palestine war is not simply a struggle over territory between two national entities. It is driven by Israel’s systematic denial of modern urban life to the Palestinians. One of the lessons of the battle of Jenin is that the bulldozer that demolishes houses is also a weapon in the wider strategy to prevent the Palestinians from creating a modern, normal, urban society.
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