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 conflict. Yet, within the following decade the international political community revised its attitude towards the issues, seeing the dilemma as one of self-determination. Kermal Kirisci analyses the mobilization process that brought the Palestinian issue to the forefront of the world political agenda with a model comprising: a perspective on the Palestinian community; the Arab governments; the various regional governments; and finally the United Nations political system.
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