The Politics of Denial: Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem

by Nur Masalha

Book Overview

The 1948 war ended in the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes. Israeli settlers moved in to occupy their land and the Palestinian refugees found themselves expelled. Today there are nearly four million Palestinian refugees - and they want the right to go home. Since 1948 Israeli refugee policy has become a classic case of denial: the denial that Zionist 'transfer committees' had operated between 1937 and 1948; denial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745321208
• ISBN13: 9780745321202
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"