LEADER 04732nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910455723803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84964-210-9 010 $a0-585-48873-8 035 $a(CKB)111087027773120 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933502 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000519481 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12214431 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519481 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10497872 035 $a(PQKB)11163642 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223943 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12041093 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223943 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10204949 035 $a(PQKB)11346235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386294 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386294 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479822 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987831 035 $a(OCoLC)53985300 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027773120 100 $a20030331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of denial$b[electronic resource] $eIsrael and the Palestinian refugee problem /$fNur Masalha 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-2120-8 311 $a0-7453-2121-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 270-290) and index. 327 $aThe Palestinian nakba : zionism, 'transfer' and the 1948 exodus -- Israel's 'new historians' and the nakba : a critique of zionist discourse -- 'If you can't solve it, dissolve it' : Israeli resettlement schemes since 1948 -- Israeli approaches to restitution of property and compensation (1948-1956) -- The 'present absentees' and their legal struggle : evolving Israeli policies towards the internally displaced (1948-2003) -- The 1967 refugee exodus -- Israeli refugee policies during negotiations : from Madrid to Taba (October 1991-January 2001). 330 $bThe 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 refugee camps, or in 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. Since 1948 Israeli refugee policy has become a classic case of denial: the denial that Zionist ";transfer committees"; had operated between 1937 and 1948; denial of any wrong-doing or any historical injustice; denial of the "right of return"; denial of restitution of property and compensation; and indeed denial of any moral responsibility or culpability for the creation of the refugee problem.The aim of this book is to analyse Israeli policies towards the Palestinian refugees as they evolved from the 1948 catastrophe (or nakba) to the present. It is the first volume to look in detail at Israeli law and policy surrounding the refugee question. Drawing on extensive 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; Israeli refugee policies towards the internally displaced ('present absentees'); and Israeli refugee policies during the Madrid and Oslo negotiations. Masalha asks what rights Palestinians possess under international law? How can a refugee population be compensated, and will they ever be able to return to their homes? Masalha questions the official Israeli position that the only solution to the problem is resettlement of the refugees in Arab states or elsewhere. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the subject that lies at the heart of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. 606 $aRefugees, Arab$xGovernment policy$zIsrael 606 $aPalestinian Arabs$xGovernment policy$zIsrael 606 $aIsrael-Arab War, 1948-1949$xRefugees 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict 607 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aIsrael$xEthnic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRefugees, Arab$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPalestinian Arabs$xGovernment policy 615 0$aIsrael-Arab War, 1948-1949$xRefugees. 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict. 676 $a325/.21/0899274 700 $aMasalha$b Nur$f1957-$0885171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455723803321 996 $aThe politics of denial$91976467 997 $aUNINA