The Peace Process and Palestinian Refugee Claims
Addressing Claims for Property Compensation and Restitution
April 2006
After sketching the historical background and reviewing conflicting estimates of the amount of property involved, the volume investigates U.S. and UN settlement proposals developed—behind closed doors—in the 1950s and ‘60s, and explains how the peace process from Camp David I to Camp David II and beyond has actually hindered a settlement of property claims.
Michael R. Fischbach
Michael R. Fischbach, professor of history at Randolph-Macon College, is the author of Records of Dispossession, a highly acclaimed historical study of the refugee issue. He is currently working on a book on Jewish claims for property lost in Arab countries. He was a grantee of the United States Institute of Peace in 2003–04.