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Palestinian Refugees
Palestinian refugees in other countries – will they be allowed to return to Palestinian controlled areas? To Israeli controlled areas? What happens to their former property? Are they compensated in some way, and if so, by whom?
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Palestinian Refugees and Identity: nationalism, politics and the everyday by Luigi AchilliPublication Date: 2015-06-22
After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, Palestinian refugees fled over the border into Jordan, which in 1950 formally annexed the West Bank. In the wake of the 1967 War, another wave of Palestinians sought refuge in the Hashemite kingdom. Today, 42 per cent of registered Palestinian refugees live in Jordan. As a result of this historical context, one might expect Palestinian refugee camps to be highly politicised spaces. Achilli argues that there is in fact a relative absence of political activity. Instead, what is prevalent is a desire to live an 'ordinary life'.
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Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced by Rochelle DavisISBN: 9780804773126
Publication Date: 2010-11-04
Palestinian Village Histories reveals how history is written, recorded, and contested, as well as the roles that Palestinian conceptions of their past play in contemporary life. Moving beyond the grand narratives of 20th century political struggles, this book analyzes individual and collective historical accounts of everyday life in pre-1948 Palestinian villages as composed today from the perspectives of these long-term refugees.
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Refugees of the Revolution: experiences of Palestinian exile by Diana AllanPublication Date: 2013-11-01
Some sixty-five years after 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homeland, the popular conception of Palestinian refugees still emphasizes their fierce commitment to exercising their "right of return." Exile has come to seem a kind of historical amber, preserving refugees in a way of life that ended abruptly with "the catastrophe" of 1948 and their camps--inhabited now for four generations--as mere zones of waiting. While reducing refugees to symbols of steadfast single-mindedness has been politically expedient to both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it comes at a tremendous cost for refugees themselves.
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Palestinian Refugee Problem: the search for a resolution by Rex BrynenPublication Date: 2013-01-01
In this unique volume, leading analysts from the Red Cross, Middle East Institute and Refugee Affairs - many of whom have been actively involved in past negotiations on this issue - provide an overview of the key dimensions of the Palestinian refugee problem. Mindful of the sensitive and contested nature of the subject, none offers a single solution. Instead, each contribution summarises and synthesises the existing scholarly and governmental work on the topic. Each paper develops an array of policy options for resolving various aspects of the refugee issue.
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