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Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction: The Palestine Arab Problem and the International Community

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 1-6
  3. Studying the Palestine Arab Refugee Problem

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 7-18
  4. AFSC in the Field: December 1948–December 1949

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 63-80
  5. AFSC and the Politics of Regional Development

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 81-96
  6. AFSC, the Economic Survey Mission, and Regional Development

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 97-119
  7. The AFSC and UNRWA: The End of UNRPR

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 121-143
  8. International Security and the Question of Reintegration

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 145-159
  9. Assessing the AFSC as an Early NGO

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 161-177
  10. Conclusions

    • Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
    Pages 179-180
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 181-254

About this book

This book examines the leading role of the Quaker American Friends Service Committee in the United Nations relief program for Palestine Arab refugees in 1948-1950 in the Gaza Strip. Using archival data, oral histories, and biographical accounts, it provides a detailed look at internal decision-making in an early non-governmental organization.

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'Romirowsky and Joffe trace the involvement of the American Friends Service

Committee (AFSC) a Quaker organization founded long before 1948 to assist civilians caught up in the maelstrom of war in its pivotal role as relief provider to Arab refugees in Gaza under the auspices of the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees (UNRPR). Painstakingly combing through personal memoirs, cables, and diplomatic communiqués, the authors construct a rich history of the immediate post-1948 period. [ ] As the authors illustrate, both field personnel and those at the policy-making level within [the] AFSC understood that the refugees were being used as pawns by the Arab governments in their propaganda war against Israel. [ ]This ill-conceived approach continues to this day, sustaining the most powerful weapon in the Arab arsenal against the legitimacy of the Jewish state.' -Susan M. Jellissen, Belmont University, USA, Middle EastQuarterly

About the authors

Author Asaf Romirowsky: Asaf Romirowsky is a Middle East historian. Author Alexander H. Joffe: Alexander H. Joffe is an archaeologist and historian.

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