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Chapther One
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Chapter Two
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
INTRODUCTION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RECOMMENDATIONS
THE ONGOING NAKBA
1.1. Historical Waves of Palestinian Displacement
1.1.1. First Wave: The British Mandate (1922-1947)
1.1.2. Second Wave: The Nakba (1947-1949)
1.1.3. Third Wave: Israeli Military Rule Inside 1948 Palestine (1949-1966)
1.1.4. Fourth Wave: The Six Day War of 1967
1.2. Israeli Policies of Forcible Transfer
1.2.1. Denial of Residency
1.2.2. Installment of a Permit Regime
1.2.3. Land Confiscation and Denial of Use
1.2.4. Discriminatory Zoning and Planning
1.2.5. Institutionalized Segregation, Fragmentation, and Isolation
1.2.6. Denial of Access to Natural Resources and Services
1.2.7. Denial of Reparations
1.2.8. Suppression of Resistance
1.2.9. State-Backed Non-state Actors
1.3. Recent Developments
1.3.1. Different Governments, Same Strategy
1.3.2. Deceased Oslo Peace Process: Deal of the Century and Arab-Israeli
Normalization
1.3.3. Delegitimizing the Palestinian Struggle and Shrinking Palestinian
Civil Society Space
1.3.4. Palestinian Refugee Living Conditions and Rights
1.3.5. Attacks on UNRWA
1.3.6. Increased Israeli Impunity
1.3.7. Recent Recognitions of Israel as an Apartheid State and their Shortcomings
POPULATION SIZE, DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS
2.1. The Current Scope of Palestinian Displacement
2.2. Distribution
2.2.1. Refugees Registered in Camps
2.2.2. Refugees Residing Outside of Camps
2.3. Characteristics of the Refugee and IDP Population
2.3.1. Demographic Indicators in UNRWA’s Five Areas of Operation
2.3.2. Socioeconomic Indicators in UNRWA’s Five Areas of Operation
2.3.3. Health Indicators in UNRWA’s Five Areas of Operation
2.4. Notes regarding estimates of Palestinian refugees and IDPs
2.4.1. UNRWA Registered 1948 Refugees
2.4.2. Non-registered 1948 Refugees
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