Book by Nur Masalha examines how successive Israeli governments have denied the Palestinian refugee problem and refused to acknowledge responsibility for the Nakba, tracing the political, legal, and historiographical strategies used to deflect Palestinian claims. Masalha analyzes Israeli discourse on the right of return, the role of the 'New Historians,' and international diplomatic frameworks, arguing that resolution of the refugee question requires confronting Israel's systematic denial. A key resource for scholars studying Israeli state discourse on the Nakba, the politics of historical denial, and the role of the New Historians in contesting and shaping Israeli historiography of 1948.
