The views detailed in this article are these of the author, and they have sometimes been formulated in deliberately provocative terms in order to stimulate discussion. In no way do these opinions represent policies and views of UNRWA. The author wishes to thank Rene Aquarone, Scott Custer, Karen Koning, James Lindsay and Terry Rempel for their constructive comments on an earlier version of the article.
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Ibid., ch. IX, section 2.
Takkenberg, see note 1, ch. IX, sub-section 2.4.
For an overview, see ibid., chs. III–VIII.
Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, 13 September 1993, re-printed in ILM 32 (1993), 1525 et seq.
Takkenberg, see note 1, 333.
Ibid., 334.
For example, Donna Arzt in D. Arzt, Refugees into Citizens: Palestinians and the End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1997, 7, suggests that “Discussion of the refugee question must be forward, not backward-looking, so that age-old battles over fault and causes of dislocation will not be relitigated.”
See also R. Khalidi, “Toward a Solution”, in: CPAP (ed.), Palestinian Refugees: Their Problem and Future — A Special Report, 1994, 21 et seq.
See, for example, R. Khoury, The importance of moral compensation for resolving the refugee issue, paper presented during Stocktaking II Conference on Palestinian Refugee Research, Ottawa, 17–20 June 2003.
The right of return is anchored in several areas of international law: the law of nationality as applied upon state succession; humanitarian law; human rights law; and refugee law. For a clear and well-argued discussion of the right of return in relation to these four areas of international law, see G.J. Boling, The 1948 Palestinian Refugees and the Individual Right of Return: An International Law Analysis, 2001. See also the sources quoted in Takkenberg, see note 1, 231, note 9.
Takkenberg, see note 1, 343.
Cf. A.M. De Zayas, “The Illegality of Population Transfers and the Application of Emerging International Norms in the Palestinian Context”, Palestine Yearbook of International Law 6 (1990/1991), 17 et seq.
On the question of a role for UNRWA in the search for durable solutions for Palestinian refugees, see also J. Al Husseini, The Future of UNRWA and of the Refugee Camps, paper drafted for the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research, 2003; B. Bowker, The Political Management of Change in UNRWA, paper presented to PRRN Workshop on the Future of UNRWA, UK, 2000; R. Brynen, The Future of UNRWA: An Agenda for Policy Research, paper presented to PRRN Workshop on the Future of UNRWA, UK, 2000; T. Rempel, The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and a Durable Solution for Palestinian Refugees, BADIL — Information & Discussion Brief, Issue No. 6, July 2000; B. Schiff, UNRWA in Transition, paper presented to PRRN Workshop on the Future of UNRWA, UK, 2000.
Cf. V. Gowlland-Debbas, “United Nations Responsibility in Palestine”, Crans-Montana Forum, Switzerland, June 2002.
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Takkenberg, L. (2007). The Search for Durable Solutions for Palestinian Refugees: A Role for UNRWA?. In: Benvenisti, E., Gans, C., Hanafi, S. (eds) Israel and the Palestinian Refugees. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, vol 189. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68161-8_14
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