No more Palestinian refugees

The Jewish claim to Palestine is based on the idea that the ancestors of today’s Jews were made refugees by the Romans about two thousand years ago. If the rights of Palestinian refugees can be legitimately extinguished after the first generation, the Jewish claim becomes equally invalid, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Opinion
BY GWYNNE DYER
September 5, 2018

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 5, 2018

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