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Palestinian refugees
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May 08, 2008
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Palestine |
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Human rights |
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‘Naqba’, or ‘catastrophe’: such is the term used by the Palestinians to refer to the birth of Israel in 1948.
Following the Arab armies’s defeat at the hands of the newly-founded state, over a million of them either fled or were forced to relinquish their land by the calculated destruction of many of their villages. Palestinian refugees are now scattered all over the Occupied Territories and the Middle East. Their right to return, which Israel refuses to recognise, remains both a contentious issue in bilateral peace negotiations and an undying dream. In the al-Aida camp in Bethlehem, Weast meets a grandfather and his nephew. Here’s their story.
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