Efraim Karsh, "How Many Palestinian Arab Refugees Were There?" Israel Affairs, Apr. 2011, pp. 224-46; "First Interim Report of the United Nations Economic Survey Mission for the Middle East," Chairman of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, submitted to the UN General-...
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There are many ways to help refugees abroad. Whether you volunteer in a refugee camp or with refugees, asylees, and migrants in the community, a range of skills are in demand. Specialized skills: If you speak the population’s language fluently, there are often volunteer opportunities for tran...
We often see the suffering that results from conflict or environmental disasters on our screens. There is also a lot we do not see – millions of people being forced to flee their homes that forever remain out of sight. Being stateless, homeless and facing a world in which refugees are vie...
When Israel was established in 1948, many Palestinian refugees where forced to move to the strip of land. In 1967, Israel gained control of Gaza after its victory in the Six-Day War against Egypt, Syria and Jordan. A Palestinian uprising in 2000 unleashed a new wave of violence between Isr...
In 1969’s Battle of the Bogside in Belfast, Protestant gangs burned down Catholic homes and intimidated thousands of Catholics into leaving the city, making them, as Keefe writes, “refugees, waiting for passage on a southbound train to the Republic.” A 1970 attack on Belfast’s Lower ...
for teachers to set the tone by sharing their own stories with students. When she does this, “I am teaching somebody who has never heard about Palestine or Palestinians or refugees or understood refugee experiences by counter-storytelling. Telling your story, and not having somebody else tell ...
Thousands are protesting in Chicago as Trump takes office, chanting “The people united will never be defeated” and “Free Palestine Now” as they march downtown toward Trump Tower. They’re carrying signs declaring “Stop the Trump agenda,”“Dismantle systems of oppression” and “Keep immigra...
open to the challenges, which can include security risks and family hardships. And open to different cultures: not just the culture of the country where you are assigned, but to the mix of cultures within the office, as you will often find yourself working with expats from many ...
After all, the Palestine problem will sooner or later be solved. But there will remain the Arab states, which today, because of Anglo-Soviet rivalry in the Middle East, are playing an international role out of all proportion to their importance. Ultimately they may prove a nuisance to both ...