📅 15 Mei 1948
The 1948 war and mass displacement transformed Lebanon into a long-term host country for Palestinian refugees. Refugee communities preserved claims to return and established social and political...
📅 11 Desèmber 1948
The General Assembly adopted Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission and stating that refugees wishing to return to their homes and live in peace should be permitted to do so, with...
📅 8 Desèmber 1949
The General Assembly established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to provide assistance to Palestine refugees after the 1948 war. Its creation institutionalized an international relief...
📅 15 Mei 1948
The Nakba—catastrophe—describes the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 war. By this point, hundreds of thousands had been driven from or fled their homes; villages...
