Conclusion

Abstract

In the period between 1948 and 1951 there was a concerted effort on the part of the international community, spearheaded by the US and Britain, to find a solution to the Palestinian refugee problem. Mutual self-interest drove the two powers to facilitate refugee relief efforts as well as a diplomatic solution. This necessity to launch such programmes led the two powers to overcome prior differences that had developed over the future of Palestine in the post-war period. President Truman supported Jewish immigration into Palestine as well as the partitioning of the country. Britain feared that such a policy would estrange the Arab states and was concerned about its own presence in Palestine where 100,000 British troops were stationed.