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Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict : the dilemmas of NGO humanitarian activism / Nancy Gallagher.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo [u.a.] ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2007.Description: x, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789774161056
  • 977416105X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.8/328
LOC classification:
  • BV 4466  G162q 2007
Contents:
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Quaker Peacemaking in Theory and Practice; The 1948 Palestine War; Catastrophe in Gaza; Relief versus Repatriation; The AFSC in Israel; Nasser, Ben Gurion, and the Quakers; Conclusion; Glossary.
Summary: As eyewitnesses to major events of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, AFSC volunteers came to understand it better than most outsiders at the time. By examining these early efforts at peacemaking and assistance, historian Nancy Gallagher has uncovered essential insights for today's peacemakers, human rights activists, and humanitarian NGOs.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BV 4466 G162q 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000087442

Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Quaker Peacemaking in Theory and Practice; The 1948 Palestine War; Catastrophe in Gaza; Relief versus Repatriation; The AFSC in Israel; Nasser, Ben Gurion, and the Quakers; Conclusion; Glossary.

As eyewitnesses to major events of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, AFSC volunteers came to understand it better than most outsiders at the time. By examining these early efforts at peacemaking and assistance, historian Nancy Gallagher has uncovered essential insights for today's peacemakers, human rights activists, and humanitarian NGOs.

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