THE ISSUE OF PALESTINIAN INTERNAL REFUGEES IN ISRAEL. CASE STUDY: IQRIT AND KAFR BIR`IM VILLAGES

Daniel SOIMARU

doi:10.38173/RST.2024.27.1.1:9-19

THE ISSUE OF PALESTINIAN INTERNAL REFUGEES IN ISRAEL. CASE STUDY: IQRIT AND KAFR BIR`IM VILLAGES

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Daniel SOIMARU¹

¹ Phd. Student in History, Doctoral School of International Relations and Security Studies, Babes -Bolyai University, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Cluj-Napoca

Corresponding author: [email protected]

DOI https://doi.org/10.38173/RST.2024.27.1.1:9-19

Received 15 January 2024

Revised 27 January 2024

Accepted 08 February 2024

Available Online 15 March 2024

Abstract

THE PURPOSE OF THE PAPER IS TO ANALYZE AND HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE PROBLEM OF PALESTINIAN INTERNAL REFUGEES IN ISRAEL. ALSO, THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PAPER ARE TO ANALYZE THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINED THE FORMATION OF THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE PROBLEM; TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARTICULARITIES OF THE INTERNAL REFUGEE POPULATION AND TO PRESENT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDS THE PROBLEM OF INTERNAL REFUGEES. THE PAPER IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAIN SECTIONS. THE FIRST PRESENTS GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE FORMATION OF THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE PROBLEM. THUS, THIS SECTION IS HIGHLIGHTED THE HISTORICAL PROCESS THAT LED TO THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CRISIS, BUT ALSO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PHENOMENON. THE SECOND PART HIGHLIGHTS THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF PALESTINIAN INTERNAL REFUGEES IN ISRAEL. THE THIRD PART OF THE PAPER PRESENTS THE POLICIES PROMOTED BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS IN RELATION TO THE ISSUE OF PALESTINIAN INTERNAL REFUGEES. THE LAST PART HIGHLIGHTS THE CASE STUDY OF THE PAPER THAT IS BASED ON THE STORY OF PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS IN THE VILLAGES OF IQRIT AND KAFR BIR`IM.

Keywords

ISRAEL INTERNAL REFUGEES PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IQRIT KAFR BIR`IM

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