ABSTRACT
The Israelis were already predisposed to welcome the new approach. Reuven Shiloah felt confident that the Arab states' dependence on the US for development assistance would help convince them of the advantages of accepting refugee rehabilitation schemes. The head of the Israeli delegation went so far as to believe that the Arabs would
acquiesce in any settlement firmly advocated by the Americans even if it should entail coming to terms with the present territorial situation and absorbing the majority of the Arab refugees.89
