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Palestinian Refugees Pin Hopes On Pope's Visit
2014-05-23
[Ymet] Residents of Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem, complaining of having 'no real life, no space, no jobs, no services, no economy', cast hopes that Pope's visit on Sunday will call attention to struggles.

Many feel increasingly neglected by the Paleostinian self-rule government and the United Nations agency responsible for their welfare.
Pope Francis will spend less than half an hour in this Paleostinian refugee camp during a jam-packed Holy Land tour this weekend, but residents hope even a brief visit will shine a light on what they say is their forgotten plight.

Some 190,000 of the West Bank's 2.4 million Paleostinians live in refugee camps and face tougher conditions -- including higher unemployment and overcrowding -- than their neighbors in towns and villages.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  re: Black September...

Jordan didn't go far enough.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-05-23 19:18  

#5  Maybe integrating into Jordan/Egypt is a better plan

For those that have forgotten 'history':

Black September 1970
Posted by: Pappy   2014-05-23 15:27  

#4  Maybe integrating into Jordan/Egypt is a better plan.

Jordanians and Egyptians know better than to let those people into their country.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-05-23 12:48  

#3  Underlying the discontent is fear of open-ended limbo.

Wasn't this the PLO's plan?

"There no return to our homes and land, no real life, no space, no jobs, no services, no economy."

Maybe integrating into Jordan/Egypt is a better plan.
Posted by: Squinty   2014-05-23 12:29  

#2  and better yourself with the massive amounts of refugee monies that they have been given to you over the years.

In other words, you're asking them to dig in to the 'Weapons and Rockets' set-aside derived from those funds.

Probably won't happen.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2014-05-23 10:36  

#1  what a crock...

The region of Palestine was under Turkish rule for over 700 years until WWI when the British Mandate took possession of it. After WWII the land was divided and Palestine became the Kingdom of Jordan. Except for a small sliver of land acknowledging the Jewish ancestors lived on all that land even before the Turks took it over. Yes, there were nomads that wandered back and forth across the land but what the modern day "Palestinian" wants is something that's not theirs and will never be. You cannot turn back the hands of time.
Stop throwing rocks and better yourself with the massive amounts of refugee monies that they have been given to you over the years.
Posted by: Mikey Hunt   2014-05-23 01:56  

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