UN Resolution 194 should be followed and Palestinians allowed back into Palestine
Dear Editor,
I very much appreciate seeing actual mention of the Palestinian refugees in the news US and Other Countries Should Help Resettle Palestinian Refugees, which is subtitled "Syria: Give Refuge to Palestinians Fleeing Threats in Iraq."
However a brief, for the most part buried and very limited glance at Israel's obligation to, as the article states "respect requests by the UNHCR to allow those Palestinian refugees from Iraq with origins in Gaza to return to the Gaza Strip" simply is not enough !
Full focus please on full respect for basic human rights, international law, UN Resolution 194 from 1948 and the huge humanitarian, economic and spiritual crisis made by Israel's creation and the continued Zionist persecution and impoverishment of Palestinians.
There are Palestinians who have been made refugees more than twice ... and there are also many vulnerable Palestinian families and children forced into exile right now for the first time by Zionist Israel's constant quest to ethnically cleanse the supposed Holy Land to make way for the misnamed "Jewish State."
In addition to obvious official Palestinian refugees there are also multiple Palestinian families and communities being methodically fragmented and undermined right now by Israeli violence which is perpetrated by both the formal Israeli military known as the IDF and Israel's informal but generously subsidized army of religious extremists and fools known as the "settlers."
There is also the extensive damage being done by that monstrously ugly land and rights grabbing concrete segregation wall. The one that wanders every where, working in tandem with the network of Israeli only roads all through out the illegally occupied territories to strangle Palestinian life and freedom in every way possible.
Plus in "Israel-proper" there are official and unofficial Zionist policies that impoverish, divide and destroy Palestinian families using various tactics including imprisonment, deportations and marriage acts meant to keep Palestinian out of their own ancestral homeland. This situation is absolutely insane- and utterly wrong...!
Yes please do all you can for the Palestinian refugees -- start with full respect for the Palestinian refugees inalienable, legal and sacred right to return to original homes and land. Otherwise you are only rewarding racist Israel the home wrecking war machine for committing obvious crimes against humanity and you are only encouraging more to come, ensuring that Israel cannot help but "elect" to become more and more anti-Palestinian and unjust.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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