A Short Course on Palestine / Module 4
Lecture Series
United States power is measured against the unresolved question of Palestinian refugees. The lecture asks what American diplomacy did, and what it refused to do, after 1948.
Learning objectives
- Analyze how U.S. policy affected Palestinian refugees after 1948.
- Evaluate the gap between formal diplomatic efforts and the use of American power.
Transcript excerpt
Excerpt from the lesson transcript
But never did the United States put the full weight of its power behind efforts to, for example, return Palestinian refugees after 1948, which a UN General Assembly Resolution mandated, or to get Israel to withdraw to the 1947 Partition lines. The Americans tried to do it, but didn't try very hard.