Palestinian Refugees

There has been little progress on the refugee problem because of official Palestinian public positions, other Arab countries’ approach to the ’right of return’ of all Palestinian refugees, and the contrasting Israeli public policy of not allowing any refugees to return to Israel. This work develops a chessboard of proposed solutions.

Joseph Ginat, formerly Chairman of the Jewish-Arab Center at the University of Haifa, and a former Director of the Israeli Academic Center in Cairo, is currently working with the Egyptian scholar Maha El-Rashidi on methods of conflict resolution.