Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict : the dilemmas of NGO humanitarian activism / / Nancy Gallagher
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| Autore: |
Gallagher Nancy Elizabeth <1942->
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| Titolo: |
Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict : the dilemmas of NGO humanitarian activism / / Nancy Gallagher
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| Pubblicazione: | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 261.8328 |
| Soggetto topico: | Church work with refugees |
| Peace - Religious aspects | |
| Refugees, Palestinian Arab - Services for | |
| Society of Friends - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Palestine History |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has resulted in the longest-standing refugee crisis in the world today. Based on new archival research and interviews with surviving participants, this book considers one early effort to resolve that crisis while offering helpful lessons for current efforts at conflict resolution in the Middle East and elsewhere. When war broke out in Palestine in 1948, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker service organization, had just won the Nobel Peace Prize for its peacemaking endeavors and its service to war refugees during the Second World War. On the |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
| ISBN: | 1-61797-017-4 |
| 1-61797-376-9 | |
| 1-936190-26-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815875303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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