Palestinian Refugees and Political settlement

Abstract

This study dealt with two main aspects of the Palestinian refugees

issue. The first aspect handled the issue of the Palestinian refugees within

the context of the multi-lateral negotiations. It also clarified the different

visions of solving the Palestinian refugees issue as proposed by the Madrid

Conference which was convened in October, 1991 along with the sessions

held in Washington, D.C. in the wake of this conference, which all did not

lead to anything. Following the Oslo accord which provided a solution to the

1967 displaced Palestinians, this part of the study clarified the ramifications

and dimensions of the refugees issue in this accord. The second aspect dealt

with the scenarios and solutions suggested for the Palestinian refugees issue

and illustrated the theoretical and practical suggestions which were put

forward by a group of Israeli and Palestinian politicians and academicians.

In addition, it clarified a number of possible scenarios for the resolution of

this issue. As a result of these scenarios, this part of the study finalized a

solution that was not taken into consideration by all the negotiating parties.

This is thought to be the most realistic and definitive solution because it is

divine and cannot be challenged, merely because it is destined by God. The

analytical approach has been used because it best suits the main objective

of the study. Which is to investigate the status of the Palestinian refugees in

the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The researcher also used the contentanalysis

approach to deal with the Islamic scene in particular and its vision

to resolve the Palestinian refugees’ issue.

The main question of the present study is: “What is the status of the

Palestinian refugees in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and the possible

scenarios for their cause?”