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Brunner has stated he was inspired to tell the story in Al-Nakba in 1988 after reading The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947–1949 by Benny Morris. He deemed it a "watershed moment" for challenging his view of Zionism after coming to believe that some Palestinians were expelled and that Arab leaders had not told the Palestinians ...
The resolution accepted the definition of Palestinian refugees as "persons of Arab origin who, after 29 November 1947, left territory at present under the control of the Israel authorities and who were Palestinian citizens at that date" and; "Persons of Arab origin who left the said territory after 6 August 1924 and before 29 November 1947 and ...
It then follows both of them as their friendship develops despite being on opposites sides of the conflict, and provides historical context and analysis of world events. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] When Dalia's parents die, she turns the house into a center for Arab-Jewish dialogue, as well as a day care center for Arab children at Bashir's request.
But the protests continued, reaching fever pitch in 1933, as more Jewish immigrants arrived to make a home for themselves, the influx accelerating from 4,000 in 1931 to 62,000 in 1935.
Refugees - Today about 5.6 million Palestinian refugees - mainly descendants of those who fled in 1948 - live in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza.
The book has been described as providing a vital perspective on Palestinian attempts to achieve independence and statehood. [1]In a review of Khalidi's The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, for Middle East Policy, Philip Wilcox praised the book calling it "Khalidi's brilliant inquiry into why Palestinians have failed to win a state of their own."
Of the more than 1 million refugees resettled in the United States in the past 20 years, just over 2,000 have been Palestinian, according to an analysis of government statistics by the nonpartisan ...
1948: A History of the First Arab–Israeli War is a non-fiction work written by Israeli historian Benny Morris.It was published by Yale University Press in 2008. [1] The author is otherwise known for multiple other books such as Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem and Righteous Victims, being a member of the group called the 'new historians' and the individual who most popularized the term.