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General Refugee Congress
The General Refugee Congress (also known as the Palestine General Refugee Congress, the Ramallah Refugee Congress, the Arab Refugee Congress, or the Arab Refugee Congress of Ramallah; GRC) was established in 1949 for the purpose of advocacy for the rights of refugees following the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight in Palestine (region), Palestine. It served as a platform for the voices of refugee leaders at a time when Palestinians as a whole were without officially-recognized Palestinian state bodies. The GRC worked toward "upholding the right of the refugees to return to their homes," centering their efforts on "the implementation of UN Resolution 194, UN resolution 194." Among its primary activities was representational work to the Palestine Conciliation Commission, UN Palestine Conciliation Commission. History The organization began in February 1949 as a committee of property-owning refugees in Ramallah, primarily focused at first on organizing humanitarian relief for refu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1948 Palestinian Expulsion And Flight
In the 1948 Palestine war, more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs – about half of Mandatory Palestine's predominantly Arab population – fled from their homes or were expelled. Expulsions and attacks against Palestinians were carried out by the Zionist paramilitaries Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi, which merged to become the Israel Defense Forces after the establishment of Israel part way through the war. The expulsion and flight was a central component of the fracturing, dispossession, and displacement of Palestinian society, known as the Nakba. Dozens of massacres targeting Arabs were conducted by Israeli military forces and between 400 and 600 Palestinian villages were destroyed. Village wells were poisoned in a biological warfare programme and properties were looted to prevent Palestinian refugees from returning. Other sites were subject to Hebraization of Palestinian place names. The precise number of Palestinian refugees, many of whom settled in Palestinian refugee camps in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
