Palestinian+Conciliation+Commission+(PCC)

Anna Walley

__ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS__


 * Palestinian Conciliation Committee (PCC) **

December 1948 · UN General Assembly Resolution 194 established the Palestinian Conciliation Commission (PCC) · PCC’s task o Work toward a peace settlement between Israel and Arab states o Facilitate repatriation (to bring or send back (a person, esp. a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship) o Resettlement o Economic and social well-being of Palestinian refugees o Determine status of Jerusalem § PCC failed to achieve its goals, (these issues continue to be points of contention) · Israel and the Arabs reject PCC’s recommendations/deem them unacceptable o Jerusalem should be an international city § Jordanians and Israelis made a working arrangement by dividing the city between them § Disregarded views of other nations § Israel later proclaimed Jerusalem its capital o Palestinian refugees § Israel à an repatriation of refugees was dependent upon recognition of its existence and directly negotiated peace treaties with Arab govts

§ Arabs were unwilling to accept resettlement schemes without acknowledgement of the refugees’ right to return § Arabs used the poor conditions of the camps as a political tool; camps were visible evidence of the harmful effects of Zionist success