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Comparative Perspectives on the Repatriation and Resettlement of Palestinian Refugees: the Cases of Guatemala, Bosnia and Afghanistan

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Israel and the Palestinian Refugees

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Eyal Benvenisti Chaim Gans Sari Hanafi

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Dumper, M. (2007). Comparative Perspectives on the Repatriation and Resettlement of Palestinian Refugees: the Cases of Guatemala, Bosnia and Afghanistan. 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_15

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