Dr. Naseer Aruri is Chancellor Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trans-Arab Research Institute (Boston), a member of the Executive committee of the Center for policy Analysis on Palestine (Washington, D.C.), and a member of the Board of Directors of the newly-established International Institute of Criminal Investigations (The Hague). He is a member of the Independent Palestinian Commission for the Protection of Citizens Rights (Ramallah) since its inception in January l994, a Founding Member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, Cairo and Geneva in 1982, and a member of the editorial board of Third World Quarterly (London). He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch/Middle East, 1990-1992, and a three - term member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International, USA, 1984-1990.
Dr. Naseer Aruri is Chancellor Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trans-Arab Research Institute (Boston), a member of the Executive committee of the Center for policy Analysis on Palestine (Washington, D.C.), and a member of the Board of Directors of the newly-established International Institute of Criminal Investigations (The Hague). He is a member of the Independent Palestinian Commission for the Protection of Citizens Rights (Ramallah) since its inception in January l994, a Founding Member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, Cairo and Geneva in 1982, and a member of the editorial board of Third World Quarterly (London). He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch/Middle East, 1990-1992, and a three - term member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International, USA, 1984-1990.
Preface Elaine C. Hagopian Introduction: The Right of Return at Last Edward W. Said PART I THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT 1.The Right to Expel:The Bible and Ethnic Cleansing Michael Prior 2. The Historical Roots of the Palestinian Refugee Question Nur Masalha PART II THE INTERESTS OF THE MAJOR ACTORS 3. Israeli Perceptions of the Refugee Question Ilan Pappe 4. The United States and the Refugee Question Noam Chomsky 5. The European Union and the Refugee Question Alain Gresh 6. The Palestine Liberation Organization: From the Right ofReturn to Bantustan Jaber Suleiman PART III RETURN OR PERMANENT EXILE 7. Return or Permanent Exile? Joseph Massad 8. The Obligations of Host Countries to Refugees under International Law: The Case of Lebanon Wadie Said 9. Meeting the Needs of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Nahla Ghandour PART IV REFUGEE CLAIMS AND THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOLUTION 10. Reinterpreting Palestinian Refugee Rights underInternational Law Susan Akram 11. The Right of Return: Sacred, Legal and Possible Salman Abu-Sitta 12. Deconstructing the Link: Palestinian Refugees and JewishImmigrants from Arab Countries Jan Abu Shakrah 13. Valuing Palestinian Losses in Today’s Dollars Atif Kubursi 14. A Programme for an Independent Rights Campaign Ingrid JaradatGassner 15. Towards Convening a Congress of Return andSelf-Determination Naseer Aruri 16. Lessons of Holocaust Compensation Norman G. Finkelstein Index