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 <title>The Palestinian Refugee problem and transfer, </title>
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 <description>Dear Editor and Readers,   Last month june, it has been 40 years ago, Resolution 242 has passed, which urged Israel to withdraw from among else the Palestinian areas, which it had conquered in the june-war in 1967 As you all shall know, Israel completely has ignored, over 40 years, to fullfill this resolution   The occupation was the last fullfillment of the conquest of &amp;#39;&amp;#39;historical Palestine&amp;#39;&amp;#39;, which was the very aim of zionism   Another aim was the expulsion of the original and autochton Palestinian population from their own country, which has been executed in 1948 [750.000 people] and 1967 [250.000 people]   In contrary with the allegations of zionist non-deniers  [regarding the expulsion] this, however, was not an ad hoc war-crime, but a deliberate strategy, which was based on the views of the early zionist thinkers and is a &amp;#39;necessity&amp;#39;&amp;#39; for the fullfillment of the political zionism   To expose and unmask this process and in remembrance of all the nameless victims of this ethnic cleansings, I have written underlying article   May justice be like a river   Kind regards Astrid Essed The Netherlands        See for picture of Palestinian refugees:   http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General/Story1649.html          The Palestinian Refugee-question and the ideology of transfer    Dedicated to the anonymous Palestinian victims of expulsion   In solemn remembrance and respect for Count Folke Bernadotte, who, being UN mediator for Palestine in 1948, has paid with his life by defending the rights of the Palestinian Arabs, who were victims of the expulsion by the Israeli-zionist militias.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opendemocracy.net/the_palestinian_refugee_problem_and_transfer&quot; class=&quot;read-more&quot; title=&quot;Read the rest of this posting.&quot;&gt;Read the rest of this post...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opendemocracy.net/the_palestinian_refugee_problem_and_transfer&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:34:47 +0100</pubDate>
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