Article: Everything you wanted to know about right to return but were afraid to ask

[edaly]

http://home13.inet.tele.dk/otetens/guide/dokumenter/palestinian_demography.htm

Pretty long, but fairly informative. Concerns itself mostly with trying to get some factual basis for the historical claims, the logistics of settling the refugee problem, and presenting opinions from various sides. A bit too scant on the israeli popular opinion IMO, but a worthwhile read nonetheless.


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[sharonbn]

I read the whole artice and it was an eye-opener for me.
I didn't know the facts revolving the Sweedish Channel or the story of the village of Sheikh Munis

well worth the long time it takes to read.

[NewsGuy]

I read through it, as well.

The article itself is well-written and well thought-out but while focusing on the small details of the Palestinian refugees, it neglects the big-picture issues that will ultimately determine this dispute.

The issues neglected are:

1. That Israel will never accept millions of enemies being injected into its heart, whose sole aim is to destroy the Jewish character of Israel. The issue has been rejected for decades and bringing it up at this point, is just a Palestinian attempt to blow up any chance of peace.

2. That the fault for those refugees is that of the Arab countries who, upon invading Israel to commit a genocide of the Jews, commanded their Arab brothers to vacate so they won't get hurt while the slaughter is in progress. The ones at fault are the ones who need to solve the problem they created. There are 22 Arab countries, including one Palestinian country of Jordan, where these refugees can be settled.

The financial equation is a simple one -- Let the Saudis and the Gulf states dedicated even 1/2 of a percent of their petro-dollars for these refugees that they claim to be so concerned with.

These big-picture issues are not addressed in the article.

Also, one of the more amusing passages of the article is this:


"At the Camp David talks, the Palestinians also retracted their initial agreement to yield on the question of a comprehensive and total right of return for all the refugees. What Israel perceived as the Palestinians reneging on earlier promises was, from the Palestinians' point of view, a political shift attesting to the democratic character of their society."

This really illustrates the Palestinians reneging on deals and then coming up with bizarre excuses for their lies.

[Oh Jerusalem]

Originally posted by sharonbn
I read the whole artice and it was an eye-opener for me.

Me too:

"If a sweeping right of return is recognized, how many refugees will want to exercise it? That is the $64-million question."

I always thought these were $64-thousand questions!