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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 EastQuarterlyAbout the authors
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Book Title: Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief
Authors: Asaf Romirowsky, Alexander H. Joffe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137378170
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37816-3Published: 18 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47820-0Published: 18 December 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37817-0Published: 18 December 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 254
Topics: International Organization, Middle Eastern Politics, Social Aspects of Religion, International Relations, Political Communication, Political Science