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No Right of Return

JL;DR SUMMARY Cindy Scarr discusses the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestinians, focusing on the refusal of Palestinians and many in the Arab world to accept Jewish sovereignty in any part of Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismPalestiniansTwo State SolutionRefugeesArab Israeli ConflictUnrwaAdi SchwartzEinat WilfRight Of Return

Places mentioned

Israel
"Written prior to the Gaza War, it seeks to answer why there is still no peace between Jews and Palestinians nearly 80 years after the creation of Israel."
East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories
"with a capital in East Jerusalem."
Syria
"the Syrian ambassador to the UN declared, The [next] war with Zionism is approaching."
Jordan
"With the exception of Jordan, whose King Abdullah was assassinated in East Jerusalem in 1953, no Arab country granted citizenship to Palestinian refugees."
Tennessee, United States
"To direct the Economic Survey, the US chose Gordon Clapp, who had formerly headed the Tennessee Valley Authority, a massive government development project."
Beirut, Lebanon
"No sooner had Clapp and his team of experts arrived in Beirut."
South Korea
"Over three million Koreans fled Northern Korea for the South during the Korean War."
Germany
"12 million ethnic Germans were expelled from Poland and other countries after World War II."
India
"In mixed Hindu-Muslim areas of the Indian subcontinent, 3.5 million people lost their lives in ethnic fighting around the same time, and 14 million fled their homes."
United Kingdom
"By 1959, the US and UK, eager to keep the Soviets out of the Middle East."

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