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2008-09.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Israel should be held responsible, not only for preventing the return of the Palestinian refugees to their homes, but also for the violation of their property rights and privileges, which are stipulated by United Nations resolutions - in particular, General Assembly Resolution 194 (III) - and other international rulings.
By the end of the war in1949 and the conclusion of the Armistice agreements with the Arab governments (separately with Jordan, Egypt and Syria), 20,418,000 dunums* of land were controlled by Israel; 5,555,000 dunums by Jordan; and 350,000 dunums by Egypt.
Hundreds of Palestinian villages, towns, cities and neighborhoods were emptied of their native residents and taken over by the Israelis. According to Prof. Don Peretz, the Arabs left whole cities, including Jaffa, Acre, Lydda, Ramle, Beisan and al-Majdal; 388 towns and villages; and large parts of 94 other cities and towns; containing almost a quarter of all buildings then in Israel. Tens of thousands of shops, businesses and stores were left in Jewish hands.1
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