• Part One/ The Refugees, The Bigining
• Part Two/ Israeli Plan to cleanse Palestine from its people, 1948
• Part Three/ Why Palestinians were driven off their homes?
• Part Four/ US: Give material aid to refugees but ignore the politiacal cause
• Part Five/ The Lausanne Protocol Regarding Refugees, May 12, 1949.
• Part Six/ The moral responsibility of the USA Role

I am using  following, with permission,  Afif Safieh's work (Afif Safieh).
Afif Safieh is the Director of the Office of representation of the PLO to the Holy See,the Palestinian General Delegate to the UK

• Part Seven/ Out of Jerusalem, Afif Safieh
• Part Eight/ Letter to Pope John Paul II, Afif Safieh
• As a Conclusion: An Arab Task Force, An Immediate need, Fr. Labib Kobti

Palestinian refugees hope pope's visit will speed deliverance from camps , From AFP,  March 13, 2000
Dheisheh, Camp Conditions ( Church Media)
Dheisheh, and the Palestinians, Church Media
The Pope and the Refugees
Dheisheh gets ready for the Pope, Muna Muhaisen, March 20, 2000
Dheisheh big day, March 22, 2000
Pope John Paul II talk at Dheisheh Refugee Camp, March 22, 2000
Press Release from Dheisheh Refugee Camp, March 23, 2000
Open letter to the Pope from Dheisheh Refugee camp, March 23, 2000

• FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE ISSUE OF THE REFUGEES
• PHOTOS
• B o u r j - A l - S h a m a l i, Palestinian Refugee Camp
• Israeli destruction of Palestinina cities and villages, collection by Sami Deeb
• The Palestine Chronicle Link (wonderful artilces)
• Palestine Refugees: More than 50 years of injustice, Nader Abuljebain, Feb. 23, 2000
• Eye to Eye (Save Children)
• An end to exile, Link to Al-Ahram Camp David II, 2000\
• Dheisheh, Camp Conditions ( Church Media)
• Dheisheh, and the Palestinians, Church Media
• I cannot visit my father's grave, Link to Al-Ahram
• Jafa land of Orange, Link to Al-Ahram
• Once Upon a Time There Was a Village Named Al-Tanturah... Link to Palestine Editorial Chronicales
• Our House, Link to AlAhram
• Ramadan, the intifada and the refugee camp, Link to Palestine Editorial Chronicales
• Quotes on transfering Palestinians
• Quotations that speak by themselves
• The Pope and the Refugees
• The territorial dybbuk and the cave dwellers, Link to Haaretz
• UN Resolutin on the right of Return, 1948
• VILLAGE LEAGUES Nizar Sakhnini,Dec. 28, 1999

A replication of the mass ethnic cleansing operations that took place in the areas occupied by Israel in 1948 was not easily attainable in 1967.  One of  the reasons was that the entire world was watching.  Nevertheless, direct and indirect efforts were made to expel the Palestinians from the West Bankand Gaza.
• The Fundamental Right of Return: Legal Aspects, Father Majdi Al-Syriani

Returning to one’s home, as a right, is so commonplace and fundamental that it is practiced in an uncontroversial way in daily life. This is why the legal concept of the right of return, termed “repatriation” in international law, and already codified in the Magna Carta back in 1215, has been the subject of little attention and contention. In a very notable way however, this elementary right has been denied to the almost five million Palestinian refugees for more than five decades. Since then, they have been living in miserable conditions in some 59 refugee camps in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and other countries.
• Jewish Refugees and Palestinian Refugees, Arjan El Fassed

It was to be expected that Israel would try to counterpose the question of "Jewish refugees" who emigrated to Palestine to that of return for Palestinian refugees. The "double exodus" is a myth because the two movements of population are not comparable for the following reasons:
• Where Will They Go? JEFFREY GHANNAM

Palestinian refugees say international law guarantees them a right of return to their homelands. But the law has no teeth, and the refugees fear they have no champion.
• War by other means, Links to Al-Ahram
• COUNCIL FOR PALESTINIAN RESTITUTION AND REPARATION NEWS CONFERENCE, March 3, 2000
• Affirmation of the Palestinian Right of Return, March 4, 2000
• Palestinian refugees hope pope's visit will speed deliverance from camps , From AFP,  March 13, 2000
• Open letter to the US Congress on Palestinian Refugees, Arjan El Fassed, March 20, 2000
• Sabeel open letter to the Pope, March 20, 2000
• Dheisheh gets ready for the Pope, Muna Muhaisen, March 20, 2000
• Dheisheh big day, March 22, 2000
• Pope John Paul II talk at Dheisheh Refugee Camp, March 22, 2000
• Press Release from Dheisheh Refugee Camp, March 23, 2000
•  Pope's sermon of defiance sparks Bethlehem riots, March 23, 2000
• Drawing the Line:Activists Press Hard for Palestinian Refugees' Right of Return, By Laurie King-Irani
• Israeli war crimes, PETITION CHARGES ISRAEL WITH WAR CRIMES:THE CASE OF THE QANA MASSACRE SURVIVORS By Laurie King-Irani
• Open letter to the Pope from Dheisheh Refugee camp
• Alma, Qada' Safad.“Nabil, today I saw Safad.” By Rami Bathish, March 25, 2001
• ISRAELI Gov't Says No To Arab Right Of Return to Ikrit and Bir'am, October, 8, 2001
• Responding to NUSSEIBEH on the RIGHT OF RETURN, November 2, 2001
• Dheisheh Refugee Camp, December 26, 2001
• My right to return, Nizar Sakhnini , December 30, 2001
• Palestinian Refugees have every right to return, January 2, 2002
• Long Night Ahead for Dheisheh, by Muna Hamzeh, Dissident Voice,  March 11, 2002
• Final Statement/ the Third Annual Meeting of the Right of Return Coalition, Copenhagen, 12-15 Dec.02

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