Punctuated Humanitarianism: Palestinian Life between the Catastrophic and the Cruddy

With a more than sixty-seven-year displacement, the Palestinian refugee case is an extreme instance of a widespread phenomenon: the need for humanitarian organizations that are oriented toward emergency to respond to circumstances that are “protracted.” Humanitarian practice does change as needs on...

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Published in:International journal of Middle East studies 2016-05, Vol.48 (2), p.372-376
Main Author: Feldman, Ilana
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Displaced persons
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarianism
Palestinian people
Palestinians
Poverty
Problematics of Human Rights and Humanitarianism
Refugees
Roundtable
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Humanitarian aid
Humanitarianism
Palestinian people
Palestinians
Poverty
Problematics of Human Rights and Humanitarianism
Refugees
Roundtable
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