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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Note on Sources -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Conflicting Aspirations and their Realization -- A. Neutralizing the Palestinians -- B. The Government of All-Palestine -- I: "Creeping Annexation"--The Policy and the Response -- A. The Palestinians-What Choice? -- B. The Palestinian Congresses -- C. The Refugees, their Leaders and their Committees -- 1. Camp Committees -- 2. Regrouping of old frameworks -- 3. Area Committees -- D. The Option of "no options"? -- II: Merger or Absorption? -- A. The "Stick and Carrot" Policy -- B. West Bank versus East Bank or Palestinians versus Trans-Jordanians? -- 1. Mutual Relations in the East Bank -- 2. Economic Considerations-Jordan's West Bank Policy -- 3. The Status of Jerusalem -- (a) Abdullah and the Internationalization of Jerusalem -- (b) The Palestinians and Jerusalem -- III: Jordanization of the Palestinian Refugees -- A. Government Assistance to the Refugees -- B. Jordanian Citizenship, the Refugee Status and Refugee Separatism -- 1. Jordan Citizenship and Inter-Arab Relations -- 2. The Regime and Refugee Political Activity -- (a) Petitions -- (b) Refugee gatherings, regroupings and committees -- (c) The Refugees, relief and separatism -- (i) Up to the brief period of relaxation -- (ii) Months of relaxation -- (iii) Following the Clampdown -- C. Relating to the Integration Schemes -- IV: Border Activity-Infiltration and Retaliation -- A. Confronting and Controlling Infiltration -- B. Removal of Refugees from Border Areas -- C. The Refugee Tribes' Movement Eastwards -- 1. In the West Bank -- 2. In the East Bank -- D. The Frontier Villages -- E. Smuggling -- F. Egypt, Jordan, the "Fedayyin" and "Retaliation"-the Vicious Circle -- V: Recruitment of Refugees into the Armed Forces