The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949

Benny Morris

1987

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This text recounts acts of violence against Palestinian people. The text provide insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence or oppression of any kind.

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In the course of 1948 and the first half of 1949, a number of processes definitively changed the physical and demographic face of Palestine. Taken collectively, they steadily rendered the possibility of an Arab refugee return more and more remote until, by mid-1949, it became virtually inconceivable. These processes were the gradual…

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Benny Morris

b. 1948

Benny Morris is a historian who was born and raised at Kibbutz En Haḥoresh. A professor of history at Ben-Gurion University, he has written books on Israeli history and influential articles on politics, society, and Arab–Jewish relations. Morris has also been the diplomatic correspondent of the Jerusalem Post.

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