As violence escalates in the Middle East, a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine seems more elusive than ever. Yet one thing remains clear: without constructive dialogue such an agreement cannot occur. This timely volume presents just such a dialogue. It brings together opinions, perspectives, and research focused on one of the region's most complex and volatile problems: the Palestinian refugee situation. Based on a 1999 conference at the University of Oklahoma International Program Center, Palestinian Refugees ...
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As violence escalates in the Middle East, a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine seems more elusive than ever. Yet one thing remains clear: without constructive dialogue such an agreement cannot occur. This timely volume presents just such a dialogue. It brings together opinions, perspectives, and research focused on one of the region's most complex and volatile problems: the Palestinian refugee situation. Based on a 1999 conference at the University of Oklahoma International Program Center, Palestinian Refugees combines contributions from Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, Egyptians, Americans, and Europeans. In addition to focusing on the Palestinian refugees, the essays present various proposals for solving the Palestinian problem. Organized in two parts, the volume presents both scholarly essays and position papers. The scholarly essays place current issues in historical context and explore the Palestinian belief in the right of return and questions of appropriate compensation. The position papers focus on policy and offer a variety of perspectives. Concluding the volume is a special essay on public polls that gauge how Palestinians and Israelis view the circumstances of Palestinian refugees and what they feel about possible solutions.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xii, [2], 341, [5] pages. Stamp of The American Academy of Diplomacy on the front free endpaper. Forward by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. Preface by David L. Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma. Topics covered include Introduction: Traditional Positions and New Solutions; Part 1: The Historical Background and the "Right of Return; Comprehensive Solutions; Regional Context Perspectives; Policy Positions and Solutions; Public-Opinion Polling--How the Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish Publics Perceive the Issues. Also contains information about the contributors, Acknowledgments, Concluding Remarks, and an Index. Joseph Ginat (March 6, 1936-2009) was an Israeli anthropologist, author, political advisor, and soldier. Edward Joseph Perkins (born June 8, 1928) is a former American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, and the United Nations. There has been little progress on the refugee problem because of official Palestinian public positions, other Arab countries' approach to the 'right of return' of all Palestinian refugees, and the contrasting Israeli public policy of not allowing any refugees to return to Israel. Such polar-opposite approaches can never resolve this difficult and longstanding humanitarian problem. By working collectively, the world's leading experts from Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Europe and the United States have developed a chessboard of proposed solutions. The volume in part reflects the polarization that exists on the issue, and in part moves away from the political slogans of both sides, toward concrete proposals for negotiating a comprehensive agreement. By bringing together the history and the creative thinking of the world's foremost scholars on what has been one of the two most intractable issues in Middle East peace negotiations--the return of Palestinian refugees, and the status of Jerusalem--this book provides information that would be useful both in reaching a solution on refugees, and in the implementation of any settlement on which there is agreement.
