Israel: Short-term and protracted displacements following various conflicts
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date: 30 Dec 2009
Since the establishment of the State of Israel, various waves of people have been displaced. Arab villagers were displaced during and after the conflict which accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948, and their descendants are dispersed across the country, while Bedouin communities were displaced in the southern Negev region. In addition, residents of towns near the borders with Lebanon and Gaza have in recent years experienced shorter-term displacement due to rocket attacks during periods of conflict with Hezbollah and Hamas.
The main concern of those displaced in the context of the creation of the state of Israel, both in the north and in the south, has been to assert their right to the property they lost when they were displaced. (...)
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