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| | Palestinian Refugees Right to Return and Repatriation |
 | | The estimated population of Palestine in 1893, under the Ottoman Empire, was 469,000 (98%) Arabs, composed of a mixture of Muslims and Christians, and 10,000 (2%) Jews. |
 | | In 1912, the estimated population of Palestine was 525,000 (93%) Arabs and 40,000 (6%) Jews. |
 | | Most of these refugees were made homeless as a consequence of the war of 1948, as well as the simultaneous and subsequent confiscation of their land, properties and homes, and large-scale demolition of their villages by Israel. |
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