Table of Contents

Refugee Flight and Israeli Policies Toward Abandoned Property UNCCP's Early Activity on the Refugee Property Question Early Israeli Policies Affecting the Property Question Early Arab and International Policies Toward the Property Question UNCCP Technical Program Follow Up to the Technical Program Refugee Property Question After 1967 Conclusion Appendix One: Comparison of Studies on the Scope and Value of Refugee Property Appendix Two: Chronology of Events Relating to Refugee Property

Promotional Information

Afforded unprecedented access to the heretofore untouched archives of the United Nations Conciliation Commission of Palestine, Michael Fischbach has written a path-blazing study of one of the largest, and most vexing, refugee movements of the twentieth century. This definitive study of the nature and status of the property of Palestinian refugees goes to the heart of one of the most explosive issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

About the Author

Michael R. Fischbach is professor of history at Randolph-Macon College. He specializes in land issues relating to Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians and is the author of State, Society, and Land in Jordan.

Reviews

"[Fischbach] presents the most detailed and extensive discussion of the issues related to Palestinian refugee property available to the public to date... The volume is an important guide to primary data and is itself a source of previously unpublished information concerning Palestinian refugee property and the compensation issue." -- Don Peretz, Middle East Journal "The book will undoubtedly figure in discussions of the Palestinians' 'right of return.'" -- Publishers Weekly "definitive work...this is an excellent book which contributes new data and insight into the land question in the early years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict" -- Sally Bland, The Jordan Times " -- Journal of International Affairs "This meticulously written book is the first of its kind to present a comprehensive description of the Palestinian refugee property issue. It is highly recommended... This book will no doubt form a basis for further research." -- Daphne Tsimhoni, Digest of Middle East Studies " "Fischbach's work is a thorough academic research based on ample Israeli, Arab, U.N., and other primary sources." -- Arnon Golan, Shofar "Fischbach, a professor of history at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, has stepped into this minefield with an important book." -- The Canadian Jewish News "This book is valuable and important in covering ground not investigated... and in offering readers access to materials largely unstudied." -- Ylana N. Miller, American Historical Review