Overview

The 1948 war ended in the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their villages and homes. Israeli settlers moved in to occupy their land and the Palestinian refugees found themselves in camps, or in the neighbouring Arab countries. Today there are nearly four million Palestinian refugees - and they want the right to go home. Their problem is the greatest and most enduring refugee problem in the world. The aim of this book is to analyse Israeli policies towards the Palestinian refugees as they evolved from the 1948 catastrophe to the present, looking in detail at Israeli law and policy surrounding the refugee question. Drawing on primary sources and previously classified archive material, Masalha discusses the 1948 exodus; Israeli resettlement schemes since 1948; Israeli approaches to compensation and restitution of property; and Israeli refugee policies during the Madrid and Oslo negotiations. Masalha asks what rights do Palestinians possess under international law? How can a refugee population be compensated, and will they ever be able to return to their homes? Masalha also questions the official Israeli position that the only solution to the problem is resettlement of the refugees in Arab states or elsewhere.

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Author:   Nur Masalha
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.457kg
ISBN:  

9780745321219

ISBN 10:   0745321216
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 October 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Palestinian Nakba: Zionism, ‘Transfer’ and the 1948 Exodus 2. Israel’s ‘New Historians’ and the Nakba: A Critique of Zionist Discourse 3. ‘If You Can’t Solve it, Dissolve it’: Israeli Resettlement Schemes Since 1948 4. Israeli Approaches to Restitution of Property and Compensation (1948-1956) 5. The ‘Present Absentees’ and their Legal Struggle: Evolving Israeli Policies Towards the Internally Displaced (1948-2003) 6. The 1967 Refugee Exodus 7. Israeli Refugee Policies During Negotiations: From Madrid to Taba (October 1991-January 2001) Epilogue Bibliography Index

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'Provides the detailed evidence and arguments explaining why the grassroots, and their supporters, are firmly saying no' -- The Daily Star

Author Information

Nur Masalha is Palestinian Historian and Director of the Centre for Religion and History at St. Mary's University. He is the author of many books on Palestine-Israel, including The Palestine Nakba (Zed, 2014), The Politics of Denial (Pluto Press, 2003) and Imperial Israel and the Palestinians (Pluto Press, 2000).

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