Book Review: The imperiled Red Cross and the Palestine-Eretz-Yisrael conflict, 1945-1952: The influence of institutional concerns on a humanitarian operation

Citation

Wylie N (2003) Book Review: The imperiled Red Cross and the Palestine-Eretz-Yisrael conflict, 1945-1952: The influence of institutional concerns on a humanitarian operation. Review of: The Imperiled Red Cross and the Palestine–Eretz–Yisrael Conflict, 1945–1952: The Influence of Institutional Concerns on a Humanitarian Operation. By Dominique-D. Junod. Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. London and New York: Kegan Paul International. 1996. War in History, 10 (3), pp. 371-373. https://doi.org/10.1177/096834450301000320

Abstract
First paragraph: One of the most alarming aspects of Israel’s recent incursions into the West Bank was its refusal to grant delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross access to the Palestinian areas until long after its bulldozers, tanks and troops had begun their gruesome work. To many outside observers, Israel’s treatment of the ICRC epitomized the alarming turn in Israeli attitudes at the time, and the disdain Sharon’s government seemed to show towards the wishes of the international community. As Dominque-D. Junod shows in her excellent book, The Imperiled Red Cross, Israel’s suspicion of this apparently revered institution is by no means new. The ICRC’s Žfirst foray into this tangled conflict was every bit as challenging as its most recent.

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Output Type: Book Review

Journal
War in History: Volume 10, Issue 3

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Professor Neville Wylie

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