CONTENTS
1. Refugee Flight and Israeli Policies Toward Abandoned Property
Initial Israeli Attitudes Toward Refugee Property
The Legal Basis for Expropriation: the Custodian of Absentee Property
Policies of the Custodian of Absentee Property, 1948–1953
The Custodian Sells Refugee Land to the Development Authority
The Jewish National Fund Acquires Refugee Land
2. UNCCP’s Early Activity on the Refugee Property Question
3. Early Israeli Policies Affecting the Property Question
Secret Israeli-Jordanian Talks
Counter Claims for Prewar Jewish Property Abandoned in 1948
Counter Claims for Property Abandoned by Jews in Arab Countries After 1948
Linking German Reparations with Palestinian Compensation
Release of Blocked Refugee Bank Accounts
Reorganization of Israeli Land Agencies
Secret Israeli Moves to Compensate Individual Refugees in the 1960s
4. Early Arab and International Policies Toward the Property Question
Early Arab Estimates of Refugee Property
UNRWA Estimates of Refugee Property
Arab and International Efforts on Behalf of Refugee Property
6. Follow Up to the Technical Program
UNCCP’s New Plan for Compensation Fails
UNCCP Solicits Refugee Inquiries
7. Refugee Property Question After 1967
Declining Interest in the Property Question
New Estimates of Refugee Property
Refugee Property and Diplomatic Sites in Jerusalem
Appendix One: Comparison of Studies on the Scope and Value of Refugee Property
Appendix Two: Chronology of Events Relating to Refugee Property