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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787895503321

Autore

Tobi Jacob

Titolo

Israel and the Palestinian refugee issue : the formulation of policy, 1948-1956 / / Jacob Tovy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-81076-7

1-317-81077-5

1-315-81648-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

Israeli History, Politics and Society ; ; 56

Classificazione

HIS019000SOC053000

Disciplina

362.87/56109569409045

362.8756109569409045

Soggetti

Refugees, Palestinian Arab - Government policy - Israel

Palestinian Arabs - Government policy - Israel

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 - Refugees

Arab-Israeli conflict

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the evolution of the Palestinian refugee problem during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War; 1 Israel's policy towards the emerging refugee problem, spring-winter 1948; 2 The Lausanne Conference and the refugee problem; 3 Shifting the emphasis for solving the refugee problem: from a political approach to an economic one; 4 The refugee problem and Abdullah's Jordan; 5 An exchange transaction: paying compensation in exchange for the resettlement of the refugees

6 Israel and the compensation issue prior to the Paris Conference and during its proceedings7 Two political matters linked to the compensation issue; 8 The resettlement question following the 6th United Nations General Assembly; 9 Toughening Israel's position: compensation policy since the winter of 1952; 10 The Alpha Plan; 11 Three secondary aspects of the refugee problem where progress has been achieved; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Examining the development of Israel's policy toward the Palestinian



refugee issue, this book spans the period following the first Arab-Israeli War until the mid-1950s, when the basic principles of Israel's policy were finalized. Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Issue outlines and analyzes the various aspects that, together, created the mosaic of the "refugee problem" with which Israel has since had to contend. These aspects include issues of repatriation, resettlement, compensation, blocked bank accounts, internal refugees and family reunification. Drawing on extensive archival research, this book uses documents from Israeli government meetings, from the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and files from the office of the Prime Minister's advisor on Arab affairs to address the many diverse aspects of this topic, and will be essential reading for academics and researchers with an interest in Israel, the Middle East, and political science more broadly"--

"This book recounts the narrative of how Israeli policy towards the Palestinian refugee problem was formulated from the time it first developed at the beginning of 1948, following the first Arab-Israeli war ("Israel's War of Independence"), until the mid-1950s, when that policy's basic principles were shaped in their final format and concluded.  This volume outlines and analyzes the various issues, which together created the mosaic of the "Palestinian refugee problem", and with which Israel has had to contend since then, i.e., repatriation, resettlement, compensation for abandoned property and blocked bank accounts, the internally displaced refugees and family reunification"--