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Author Tovy, Jacob

Title Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Issue : the Formulation of Policy, 1948-1956
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (325 pages)
Series Israeli History, Politics and Society
Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Israel's policy towards the emerging refugee problem, spring -- winter 1948 -- 2. Lausanne Conference and the refugee problem -- 3. Shifting the emphasis for solving the refugee problem: from a political approach to an economic one -- 4. refugee problem and Abdullah's Jordan -- 5. 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 proceedings -- 7. Two political matters linked to the compensation issue -- 8. resettlement question following the 6th United Nations General Assembly -- 9. Toughening Israel's position: compensation policy since the winter of 1952 -- 10. Alpha Plan -- 11. Three secondary aspects of the refugee problem where progress has been achieved
Summary 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, th
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Subject Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Government policy -- Israel
Palestinian Arabs -- Government policy -- Israel
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Refugees
Arab-Israeli conflict.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Arab-Israeli conflict
Palestinian Arabs -- Government policy
Refugees
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Government policy
Israel
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317810773
1317810775