Tag: Palestinian Refugees
In the Name of “Israel’s Security”: Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding
US funding of Israel’s military adventures continues unabated despite the rapidly changing political reality in the Middle East.
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Is There a Plot to Depopulate Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon?
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied basic human rights, and many would give up their hope of returning to their homeland to escape.
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How Great Britain Facilitated the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
The significance of the 1917 Balfour Declaration is that it determined a policy by which Great Britain would facilitate the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
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Israel’s 50-Year Time Bomb: Why Is the Trump Administration Compounding Palestinian Distress?
In the quest to change Israel’s very nature, the Netanyahu government is pushing Palestinians to an edge—with the support of the Trump White House.
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The Real Reasons behind Washington’s War on UNRWA
The US and Israel are simply seeking to remove the internationally recognized right of Palestinians to return to their homeland from the political agenda.
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US Funding Cut for UNRWA Illuminates Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’
Trump’s UNRWA funding cut shows how his “deal of the century” is all about coercing the Palestinians into surrendering their rights.
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Review of Richard Falk’s “Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just Peace”
In “Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just Peace”, Richard Falk emphasizes the present need “to take stock, and reformulate a vision and strategy to guide the Palestinian struggle”. The book is an invaluable contribution precisely because it goes so far in doing just that.
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Israel Step Closer to Making Jerusalem Jewish-Only City
Israeli lawmakers are now pushing forward with designs to further isolate Jerusalem and to empty it of its Palestinian inhabitants.
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Farewell to Yarmouk: A Palestinian Refugee’s Journey from Izmir to Greece
This article is based on interviews with Palestinian refugees from Syria.
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Defined by Nakba and Exile: The Complex Reality of ‘Home’ for Palestinians
Even Palestinians who seem unlikely to exercise their right of return consider their lives within the context of the Nakba and exile as an essential one.
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Israel’s Unabashed Role in the Syrian Refugee Crisis: How Yarmouk Came About
It isn’t only European countries and rich Arab Gulf countries that must help Syrian refugees. Israel has a special responsibility for their plight.
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Lebanon’s Palestinian Camps Protest UNRWA Aid Cuts
With UNRWA aid cuts, life for Palestinian refugees is becoming even more of a struggle.
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Lebanon: It’s like a prison!
An account of life in Lebanon’s refugee camps as told by a Palestinian refugee forced to flee Syria
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The Arab Boat: It’s an Arab-Palestinian Nakba, and We Are All Refugees
Palestinian refugees know too well what their Arab brethren are going through: the massacres, the unredeemable loss, the despair, and the sinking boats.
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Stuck in Area A: How we were duped into disowning the Palestinians
Hate for Israel’s occupation and criminal policies should not outweigh our love for all Palestinians, including the refugees dying in Yarmouk camp, Syria.
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Do Something, Anything: Naming and Shaming in Yarmouk
Here are some of the culprits in the suffering of Palestinian in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria.
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A Path Toward Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation: Grant Palestinian Refugees the Right to Work in Lebanon
If Hamas and Fatah were to put aside their political differences long enough to help their fellow refugees in Lebanon, it would likely lead to wider unity.
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Dear Syria: From One Refugee to Another
Most of us no longer live in tents, but we are reminded of our refugee status every single day.
Read MoreSyria: Avoidable Humanitarian Crisis at Lebanon Border Crossing
Among the many reasons Lebanon should immediately desist targeting Syrian and Palestinian refugees is it’s pushing many toward supporting rebel groups.
Read MorePalestine: A Thief Crawled into Grandmother and Grandfather’s Bed
Why should one person’s past be forgotten, repressed, while the other’s story is continuously re-told?
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