Published by Minority Rights Group International in 1998, this report by historian David McDowall gives an overview of the situation of the Palestinian people fifty years after the Nakba – inside Israel, in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, and in the refugee communities of the diaspora.

McDowall documents the systematic discrimination faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel, the impact of occupation and settlement in the occupied territories after the Oslo Accords, and the situation of refugees denied the right to return. While condemning the Israeli government’s policies, the report also discusses abuses by the newly established Palestinian Authority, and sets out recommendations for protecting Palestinian rights.