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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

The pertinent question today is what kind of "politics of return" could grant Palestinians the right to self-determination and simultaneously counter the exclusionary politics towards Palestinian refugees of both Arab nation-states and of the Palestinian nationalist project? Palestinian refugees, and their camp/homes as social - historical sites giving new meanings to contemporary refugeehood - lie at the heart of a potential new political counter culture. At the core of this antagonistic politics should be the recognition that the refugee issue today is no longer solely about return, but also about rights writ-large, which involve a radical rethinking of citizenship and individual and collective self-determination in the region. The Palestinian refugee question, seen in this light, becomes a prism through which we can understand and critique long-term processes of national, sectarian and confessional boundary making in the Middle East. It therefore raises the question of how to radically reconfigure post-colonial national projects in Arab countries which have so far failed to meet aspirations for rights, democracy and pluralism for refugees and non refugees alike.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- First : Sample and Procedures of the Poll : -- Second : Personal Information : -- Third : Possibility of Returning to Palestine : -- Fourth : Settling the Palestinian Refugees Problem: -- Fifth : The Palestinian Weapons -- Sixth : Lebanese Authority Assuming Responsibility of Security All over the Palestinian Camps -- Seventh : Supporting Palestinian Movements : -- Eighth : The Presidency of All Palestinians (Inside andOutside Palestine) : -- Ninth : Performance of Movements towards Palestinians in Lebanon : -- Tenth : Performance of the Palestinian Movements with Regardto Serving Palestinian National Struggle -- Eleventh : Support to Hamas' Refusal to Recognize Israel

During times of turmoil and upheaval in the Arab world, the political vulnerability of Palestinian refugee communities is exacerbated in myriad ways. Precedents were set in Lebanon, Kuwait, Libya and Iraq, and the Arab uprisings have been no exception. The wars first in Libya and later in Syria have now opened new chapters for the Palestinian refugee communities in both countries. This podium discussion asked, where were the Arab uprisings after two years of revolutions, wars and ongoing upheaval? How have Palestinian refugees been impacted by these uprisings? Today, with approximately five million refugees registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Palestinian refugees comprise the world's largest refugee population. They continue to be unable to exercise the right – provided for in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 – to return to their homes and lands in the state of Israel. Most continue to live in Arab states or under Israeli occupation, while a small minority are internally displaced within the state of Israel. What is the future now for Palestinian refugees in view of the uprisings and the Palestinians' six-decade-old unresolved statelessness? ; What Future Now?: The Palestinian Refugees and the Arab Uprisings , discussion, ICI Berlin, 15 March 2013

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Glossary -- Part I: Kuwait -- Chapter 1. The Cube, East -- Chapter 2. Dance, Ruby River -- Chapter 3. Um Buraq -- Part II: Iraq -- Chapter 4. The Cube, West -- Chapter 5. Six Months -- Part III: Jordan -- Chapter 6. The Cube, North -- Chapter 7. Unsteady Earth -- Part IV: Palestine -- Chapter 8. The Cube, South -- Chapter 9. The Layers of Absence -- Chapter 10. A World Beneath & -- "Our Spot" Above -- Part V: Jordan, Again -- Chapter 11. The Cube, Up & -- Down -- Chapter 12. Money Softens the Heart -- Part VI: Palestine, Always -- Chapter 13. The Cube, the Space Between -- Chapter 14. Anatomy of Home -- Chapter 15. Chaos Theory -- Chapter 16. Harvest -- Chapter 17. Homecoming -- Chapter 18. A Time for Us -- Chapter 19. Redeeming History -- Part VII: Between Freedom -- Chapter 20. The Cube, the Unreachable Beyond -- Chapter 21. Day One -- Chapter 22. Week Two -- Chapter 23. Week Three -- Chapter 24. Weeks Four & -- Five -- Chapter 25. Weeks Six, Seven, Eight & -- Nine -- Chapter 26. Joy -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright.