The Politics of Denial by Nur Masalha - 9780745321202

The Politics of DenialIsrael and the Palestinian Refugee Problem\nAuthor(s): Nur Masalha\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pluto Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pluto Press\nISBN-13: 9780745321202, 978-0745321202\nSynopsis\nThe 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.\n\nSince 1948 Israeli refugee policy has become a classic case of denial: the denial that Zionist 'transfer committees' had operated between 1937 and 1948; denial of any wrong doing or any historical injustice; denial of the 'right of return'; denial of restitution of property and compensation; and indeed denial of any moral responsibility or culpability for the creation of the refugee problem.\n\nThis book analyses Israeli policies towards the Palestinian refugees as they evolve.