Refugees

Refugees in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

1948       The pain never goes away       2010     .

Many of the Palestinian refugees live in refugee camps within the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Some camps have as many as xxx people living in xx of land. 

Refugees in countries surrounding Palestine

The refugee population outside historic Palestine now number between 5 and 6 million people.  The majority of the refugee population lives in refugee camps in the countries surrounding Palestine – Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.  Many are denied rights in their current country of residence.

The Right of Return

Palestinian refugees have a Right of Return to Palestine according to international law.  Israel refuses to grant this right to the Palestinian Diaspora which lives now only in the Arab countries surrounding historic Palestine but is scatted all around the world. 

In the meantime, Jews from anywhere in the world have an automatic right to live in what is now the state of Israel.