POLC90H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Jewish Diaspora, Ottoman Empire, Unrwa
Document Summary
After 1948, state of israel was created, and the great catastrophe (war in palestine from 1946-47) occurred. > armed militants from israel forced the indigenous populations to ee. (750000 palestinians) forced to take refuge in camps set up by humanitarian agencies. Unrwa set up to manage palestinian refugee camps and provide health, education and humanitarian aid . 1. 6 million palestinian refugees in jordan, 53% of palestinian refugees in lebanon live in of cial refugee camps. 35% in west bank, 75% of pop. in gaza is palestinian refugees. Palestinians largest refugee population after the afganis. the palestinian problem is not well understood by people. in order to understand, people have to look at what was wrong with the european jewish diaspora, from which zionism emerged. Who are the palestinians? descendants of the philistines, canaanites, and hebrews. Arabs have been in palestine for centuries, until 1948 when the the israelis took over the region.
