POLS G4845 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fatah, United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration, Palestinian Refugees
18 Apr 2016
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Gaza has median age of 17 population growing exponentially, will not be a viable place to live if this keeps happening. 1948-149 israel war of independence lots of palestinian refugees separate un agency just for palestinian refugees. Unrra defines refugees as original refugees and their descendants. Refugees mostly in jordan, west bank, gaza, syria, lebanon. West bank a third of people are refugees. 32% of all refugees are still in camps 67 years later. Palestine originally a roman term, revived by british in 1920 as mandate. Palestine/syria/west bank/lebanon/jordan were syrian province of ottoman empire prior to mandate. Palestinian nationalism began around turn of 20th century response to beginning of rise in nationalism in arab world as a whole response to fracturing of ottoman empire. Rise of jewish immigration beginning in 1881 palestine extremely undeveloped at the beginning. Growth of jewish immigrants from russia, poland palestinians fear displacement. 1948 arab 1. 4 million (british improve health standards after creating mandate, some.
