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100 1 $aSchiff, Benjamin N.,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83157608
245 10 $aRefugees unto the third generation :$bUN aid to Palestinians /$cBenjamin N. Schiff.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse, NY :$bSyracuse University Press,$c1995.
300 $axix, 337 pages :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aContemporary issues in the Middle East
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. The Agency and Its Environment -- 2. No Quick Fix, 1950-1957 -- 3. A Decade of Routine, Two of Upheaval -- 4. Limits of Independence -- 5. Money Troubles -- 6. Residual Colonialism -- 7. Relations with Israel to 1988 -- 8. Intifada -- 9. Lessons -- 10. Postscript: July 1994 -- App. A. UNRWA Organization, 1950 -- App. B. UNRWA Headquarters Organization, 1990 -- App. C. UNRWA Jordan Field Organization, 1990 -- App. D. UNRWA Directors and Commissioners-General and Their Deputies -- App. E. Comay-Michelmore Agreement -- App. F. Mukhtars' Petition from Gaza, January 17, 1968.
520 $aThe United Nations Relief and Works Agency was originally established in 1950 as a temporary, nonpolitical response to the Palestinian refugee crisis. The forty-four-year-old agency has become a fixture in the drama of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Designed to solve refugee problems through massive Jordan Valley water development projects, today UNRWA runs schools, health clinics for millions, and relief programs for the poorest refugees in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.
520 8 $aAs Benjamin Schiff shows, the agency is trapped in a political cauldron. Clients suspect it of being an agent of Western imperialism. Host states seek to control it. In the Israeli occupied territories it is squeezed between authorities striving to quell riotous refugees and Palestinians seeking shelter from the occupation's brutalities. Pro-Palestinian critics charge that the agency helps lull refugees into quiescence, while pro-Israeli critics assail it for perpetuating refugee intransigence.
520 8 $aThe fascinating evolution of this agency amidst the regional tumult is Schiff's story in Refugees unto The Third Generation. His book reflects upon lessons applicable to many other international organizations caught up in similar circumstances, as well as on the role of the UN in such situations.
610 20 $aUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81054184
650 0 $aRefugees, Arab$xServices for.
650 0 $aPalestinian Arabs$xServices for.
830 0 $aContemporary issues in the Middle East.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42008171
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