The broad impunity that Israel enjoys serves as an incentive for further forcible displacement, as it comes at no expense for Israel. The failure, or unwillingness, of the international community to effectively pressure Israel and to facilitate reparations results in the ongoing and ever-increasing exile and dispossession of the Palestinian people. As long as the international community does not intervene and apply pressure for reparations for all forcibly displaced Palestinians, Israel will continue to have the tacit consent to proceed with its breaches of international law, and the number of forcibly displaced Palestinians will continue to increase. Despite numerous UN resolutions calling for the implementation of prior UN resolutions 194 and 237, no international organization has actively engaged in the search for a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian refugee and IDP issue since the early 1950s. Rather, international politics has confined the UN to a guardian of Palestinian refugee rights and limited its role to providing humanitarian aid. On the other hand, solutions have been left to political negotiations between the parties, which are undertaken specifically outside the ambit of international law. These negotiations have been subject to a balance of power that is in Israel’s favor, and Israel, in turn, has sought at all times to avoid recognition and implementation of the right of reparations. 5. Concluding remarks In light of Israel’s failure to afford protection to Palestinian refugees and the ongoing denial of reparations, the international community has an obligation to protect the rights of Palestinians, in particular the right to self-determination and the right of Palestinian refugees and IDPs to reparations. The international community, both through the United Nations and individual states, has largely failed to meet its obligations towards the Palestinian people for reasons primarily resulting from the lack of political will among powerful western states. Despite the gravity of the policies and practices implemented by Israel, which have resulted in the mass forcible transfer of Palestinians spanning decades, no UN agency or other authoritative body has been designated as primarily responsible for their protection or the pursuit of durable solutions. UNRWA is mandated to provide humanitarian assistance for Palestinian refugees, which is a necessary intervention and one of the 68