"Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the Palestinian question was treated on the global political agenda as a by-product of the Arab-Israeli conflict, perceived largely as a 'refugee problem,' the solution to which was envisaged within an overall settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Yet, within the last decade the international political community has revised its attitude towards the issues, seeing the dilemma no longer as a 'refugee problem' but one of 'self-determination.'--Publisher's description.