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May 5, 2020

Perhaps Israel Should Allow the Return of Palestinian Refugees—If UNRWA Doesn’t Object

End the charade.

Since 1948, the plight of those Arabs who fled during Israel’s War of Independence has been used as a diplomatic tool against the Jewish state. To make sure the problem does not go away, the UN—in contrast to its policy regarding every other refugee group—holds refugee status for this particular group to be heritable. Jerold Auerbach argues that it is time to end what has always been a “charade”:

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