Palestinian Refugees : The Right of Return.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: THE RIGHT OF RETURN AT LAST -- Part I: The Historical Context -- 1. THE RIGHT TO EXPEL: THE BIBLE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING -- RETURNING TO EXPEL -- THE BIBLE AND THE REDEEMING IDEA OF COLONIALISM -- ARCHAEOLOGY, THE BIBLE AND STATE FORMATION -- THE PROBLEM OF THE EXODUS PARADIGM -- BIBLICAL RESONANCES OF ZIONISM -- THE UBIQUITOUS AND PERENNIAL DIASPORA LONGING FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL -- ZIONISM AND THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 2. THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE QUESTION -- THE CONCEPT OF 'POPULATION TRANSFER' IN MAINSTREAM ZIONISM, 1882 -1948 -- WEIZMANN 'S PROPOSAL TO TRANSFER PEASANTS TO TRANSJORDAN, 1930 -- EMERGING CONSENSUS, 1937-48 -- Three (Semi-Official and Official) Transfer Committees, 1937-48 -- THE ISSUES OF LAND AND DEMOGRAPHY -- THE 1948 EXODUS -- On the Connection between Premeditation and Action -- 'THE SMOKING GUN ': LYDDA AND RAMLE, 12 -13 JULY 1948 -- THE MASSACRES FACTOR -- Deir Yassin, 9 April 1948 -- Al-Dawayma, 28-29 October 1948 -- THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF 418 VILLAGES -- THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ZIONIST LEADERSHIP FOR THE DISPLACEMENT AND DISPOSSESSION OF THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES -- THE POST-1948 PERIOD -- Preventing the Return of Refugees: Proposals of the Israeli Government's 'Transfer Committee', October 1948 -- ISRAELI PROPAGANDA -- EXPULSION OF THE TOWN OF AL-MAJDAL, SUMMER 1950 -- COMPENSATIONS: ISRAELI PROPOSALS, 1949-53 -- 'INFILTRATION': REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN 1949 -56 -- EXPULSION OF THE NEGEV BEDOUIN, 1949 -59 -- EXPULSION OF GALILEE BEDOUIN BY YITZHAK RABIN, 30 OCTOBER 1956 -- TREATMENT OF 'INTERNAL REFUGEES ' -- The Case of Iqrit and Bir'im, November 1948-2000 -- WHOLESALE LAND EXPROPRIATION -- THE 1967 EXODUS: WHY DID THE PALESTINIANS LEAVE? -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES.

Part II The Interests of the Major Actors -- 3. ISRAELI PERCEPTIONS OF THE REFUGEE QUESTION -- NOTES -- 4. THE UNITED STATES AND THE REFUGEE QUESTION -- EDITOR'S NOTE -- 5. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REFUGEE QUESTION -- FROM THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES TO THE RIGHT TO A STATE -- OSLO,REFUGEES AND THE 'RIGHT OF RETURN ' -- THE FRENCH POSITION -- 6. THE PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION: FROM THE RIGHT OF RETURN TO BANTUSTAN -- THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE RIGHT OF RETURN -- The Sources of the Right of Return in International Law -- The Right of Return in International Human Rights Law -- The Right of Return in Humanitarian Law -- The Palestinian Right of Return in United Nations Resolutions -- Summary -- THE PLO AND THE ISSUE OF RETURN -- From the Establishment of the PLO to the Provisional Political Programme -- Summary -- From Madrid to Oslo and Beyond (1991-present) -- THE MADRID CONFERENCE -- THE LETTERS OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION AND THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES -- OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATEMENTS -- Summary -- FROM RIGHT OF RETURN TO BANTUSTAN -- NOTES -- Part III: Return or Permanent Exile -- 7. RETURN OR PERMANENT EXILE? -- THE ROAD TO OSLO -- PROTECTING ISRAELI INTERESTS AS PRAGMATISM -- PRAGMATISM AND REFUGEE INTERESTS -- IS RETURN PRAGMATIC? -- SEPARATING PALESTINIAN POLITICAL INTERESTS -- NOTES -- 8. THE OBLIGATIONS OF HOST COUNTRIES TO REFUGEES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CASE OF LEBANON -- 1 HISTORY -- 2 THE PALESTINIANS UNDER LEBANESE LAW: AN OVERVIEW -- History of the Laws Governing Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon -- The Right of Palestinian Refugees to Employment in Lebanon -- The Residency and Travel Rights of the Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon -- Lebanese Attitudes towards the Palestinian Refugees -- Conclusion -- 3 THE CURRENT PREDICAMENT OF THE REFUGEES: THE OSLO ACCORDS AND BEYOND -- The Right of Return -- The Oslo Accords.

CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 9. MEETING THE NEEDS OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON -- PALESTINIANS IN THE LEBANESE CAMPS -- ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CAMPS -- NOTES -- Part IV: Refugee Claims and the Search for a Just Solution -- 10. REINTERPRETING PALESTINIAN REFUGEE RIGHTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW -- INTERNATIONAL LAW PRINCIPLES AND INSTRUMENTS APPLICABLE TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES -- INTERNATIONAL LAW PRINCIPLES OF STATELESSNESS APPLICABLE TO PALESTINIANS -- A REINTERPRETATION OF THE REGIME APPLICABLE TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES, -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 11. THE RIGHT OF RETURN: SACRED, LEGAL AND POSSIBLE -- NOTES -- 12 DECONSTRUCTING THE LINK: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND JEWISH IMMIGRANTS FROM ARAB COUNTRIES -- THE CREATION OF THE 'POPULATION EXCHANGE ' MYTH -- THE CASE OF THE IRAQI JEWS -- JEWS FROM OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES -- DECONSTRUCTING THE LINK -- RESURRECTION OF THE MYTH -- NOTES -- 13. VALUING PALESTINIAN LOSSES IN TODAY'S DOLLARS -- 1. -- THE THEORETICAL BASIS FOR COMPENSATION -- Previous Valuations of Palestinian Losses and their Deficiencies -- Outline of the Chapter -- A Synopsis of the Results -- 2. -- The Topology of Palestinian Losses: A Re-evaluation -- Ownership of Capital -- 3. -- Valuation of Palestinian Urban and Rural Real Estate Losses -- A Note on the Data -- Valuation of Rural Land -- Valuation of Urban Property -- A Synopsis of Results -- 4. -- Palestinian Losses: A Final Balance Sheet -- Distribution of Losses by Item -- The Capitalized Income Approach versus the Itemized Approach -- 5. -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 14. A PROGRAMME FOR AN INDEPENDENT RIGHTS CAMPAIGN -- GRASS-ROOTS ACTIVISM IN PRE-OSLO PALESTINE -- THE POST-MADRID/OSLO PERIOD (1991-99) -- Evolution of Independent Refugee Initiatives -- REFUGEE MOBILIZATION IN 1948 PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- REFUGEE MOBILIZATION IN 1967-OCCUPIED PALESTINE.

Principles and Agenda of the Independent, Community- based Campaign for Palestinian Refugee Rights -- TOWARDS A PALESTINIAN-INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE DEFENSE OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEE RIGHTS -- NOTE -- 15. TOWARDS CONVENING A CONGRESS OF RETURN AND SELF-DETERMINATION -- A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- THE 'PEACE PROCESS' AND THE RIGHT OF RETURN -- THE REFUGEES AND THE YOSSI BEILIN-ABU-MAZIN AGREEMENT -- TOWARDS CONVENING A CONGRESS OF RETURN AND SELF-DETERMINATION -- 16. LESSONS OF HOLOCAUST COMPENSATION -- NOTES -- NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS -- Index -- Aaronson, Aaron, 40 -- Abdul Rahman, Dr As'ad -- vii -- 5 -- 99 -- Abdul Rahman, Dr As'ad, 4 -- vii -- Abna' al-Balad [PFLP] 253 -- Abu Shusha, [1948] massacre 49 -- Abu Zayyad, Ziad, on Palestinian right of return 99 -- Abu-Mazin [Mahmoud Abbas], agreement with Yossi Beilin 266-7 -- Abu-Sitta, Salman -- vii -- 5-6 -- 50 -- feasibility of refugee return, 114-16 -- Abu-Zurayk, [1948] massacre 48 -- Acre -- land [property] values, 237 -- land [property] values, 239 -- urban land values, 241 -- urban land values, 242 -- urban land values, 243 -- urban land values, 244 -- urban land values, 245 -- Adam Smith Institute 6 -- Adult Development model [Vaillant], for Palestinian children in Lebanese camps -- 157 -- 158 -- African Charter on Human and People's Rights -- 89 -- 192n -- agriculture -- 199 -- in pre-1948 Palestine 224 -- in pre-1948 Palestine 225 -- in pre-1948 Palestine 227-8 -- in pre-1948 Palestine 228 -- income valuations, 239-41 -- income valuations, 239 -- income valuations, 240 -- Palestinian losses, 235 -- Palestinian losses, 247 -- Ain Al Helwe refugee camp, Lebanon -- 154 -- 155 -- 156 -- Albright, Madeleine -- dismissal of UN resolutions on Palestine, 100-1 -- dismissal of UN resolutions on Palestine, 265 -- on Jewish restitutions, 273.

Albright, William Foxwell, archaeologist 14 -- Alexander the Great 22 -- Algeria 181n -- Allon plan [1968] 79 -- Allon, Yigal, military commander [1948] -- 44 -- 45 -- 53-4 -- 211 -- Aloni, Shulamit 87 -- Alpher, Joseph 215 -- Amal, Shiite militia [Lebanon] 127 -- American Reform Jewry 15 -- Amsterdam Declaration [EU, 1997] -- 84 -- 85 -- Arab al-Fuqara, expulsion of Arabs from 45 -- Arab al-Nufay'at, expulsion of Arabs from 45 -- Arab al-Shamalina, expulsion of Arabs from 45 -- Arab al-Suyyad, expulsion of Arabs from 45 -- Arab Bank, Palestine -- 231 -- 232 -- Arab Higher Committee [AHC], assessment of Palestinian losses 222-3 -- Arab League Expert Group, assessment of Palestinian losses 223 -- Arab Monitoring Committee 253 -- Arab National Bank 231 -- Arab states -- 2 -- 3 -- and Israeli demands for resettlement of refugees, 52-3 -- and Israeli demands for resettlement of refugees, 209 -- consensus on refugee repatriation, 189n -- diplomatic support for PLO, 262 -- held responsible for 1948 war and expulsions 52-3 -- held responsible for 1948 war and expulsions 74 -- held responsible for 1948 war and expulsions 141-2 -- Jewish emigrants from, 111 -- Jewish emigrants from, 208 -- Jewish emigrants from, 212-13 -- signatories to Refugee Convention, 181n -- Arafat, Yasir -- address to UN General Assembly vii -- address to UN General Assembly 94-5 -- and Camp David II talks, ix, vii -- and Camp David II talks, ix, 260 -- renunciation of terrorism, vii -- renunciation of terrorism, 78-9 -- renunciation of terrorism, 78-9 -- renunciation of terrorism, 107 -- renunciation of terrorism, 107 -- archaeology -- 13-14 -- 29 -- Artaxerxes Ochus 22 -- Arzt, Donna -- population transfer proposals, 200 -- population transfer proposals, 201 -- population transfer proposals, 202 -- Refugees into Citizens, 108-10 -- Asdud, [1948] massacre 49.

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