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	Palestinian refugee information - Search.com
		Palestinian refugees in Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, 1956.
		Palestinians in the West Bank who had regular Jordanian passports were issued these temporary ones upon expiration of their old ones, and entry into Jordan by Palestinians is time-limited and considered for tourism purposes only.
		Poverty trap for Palestinian refugees By Alaa Shahine.
	www.search.com /reference/Palestinian_refugees (2199 words)

	Palestinian refugee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Furthermore, in 1948 and 1949, 46,000-48,000 Palestinians were internally displaced within Israel[5]; including descendants, they number 150,000-200,000 today, and for the most part have yet to recover their confiscated land.
		To allow all Palestinian Arabs and their descendants to return home, would mean that Israel would cease to exist as a Jewish state, given the majority of the population would be non-Jewish if all of the refugees were to return.
		Palestinians in the West Bank who had regular Jordanian passports were issued these temporary ones upon expiration of their old ones, and entry into Jordan by Palestinians is time-limited and considered for tourism purposes only.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palestinian_refugee (1625 words)

	Palestinian refugee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Furthermore, in 1948 and 1949, 46,000-48,000 Palestinians were internally displaced within Israel[1]; including descendants, they number 150,000-200,000 today, and for the most part have yet to recover their confiscated land.
		Whereas most refugees are the concern of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Palestinian refugees come under the older body UNRWA.
		Palestinians in Jordan are given full Jordanian citizenship, and have the same rights and duties as any other Jordanians.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/palestinian_refugee.html (1125 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Anatomy of a refugee camp
		Camps are usually located on the edges of towns or cities in a secure area, away from the border, war zones and landmines.
		Refugees are given some kind of registration document they use to prove they are a resident of the camp and which serves as their entitlement to get food rations.
		Refugees should be able to stand in all areas of the tent without hitting their heads on the ceiling.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/refugeecamp (2489 words)

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		Today’s Palestinian Refugees are descendants of those who were displaced and lost their livelihoods between 1946 and 1948.
		This resolution calls for all refugees wishing to return home to do so at the earliest practical date, and those not wishing to do so, be compensated for the loss or damage of their property by the Governments or authorities responsible.
		Refugee Camps Most of the refugees live in camps located in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza strip.
	www.odu.edu /al/mun/palestinians.doc (1100 words)

	Bambooweb: Palestine
		In present-day usage, the term is used in political advocacy to refer to land the speaker considers as belonging to the Palestinians, particularly the State of Palestine, recognized by two-thirds of the world's nations since its declaration of independence in the 1980s.
		Camp David Accords (1978) and Israeli forces withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula in stages finalized by 1982 (excluding Taba which was returned to Egypt in 1989 following an international tribunal's adjudication of conflicting Israeli and Egyptian territorial claims).
		The UN's agency, UNRWA defines Palestinian refugees as "persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict" and their descendants[8] (http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/whois.html).
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/P/a/Palestine.html (1885 words)

	Palestinian refugee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Most of the refugees had already fled by the time the neighboring Arab states intervened on the side of Palestinians and continued after the armistice that ended the war (see Palestinian Exodus.) These refugees, the great majority of whom had lived there for generations, were generally not able to return home.
		During the period mid-1948-53 between 30,000 and 90,000 refugees (according to Benny Morris) made their way from their countries of exile to resettle in their former villages or in other Israeli Arab villages (most in contravention of Israeli law).
		In addition, areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, have 907,221 and 654,971 refugees respectively Furthermore, in 1948 and 1949, 46,000-48,000 Palestinians were internally displaced within Israel; including descendants, they number 150,000-200,000 today, and for the most part have yet to recover their confiscated land.
	33beat.com /Palestinian_refugee.html (1416 words)

	Palestinian Non-Government Organizations in Lebanon (Ajial Center)
		Camps were put under constant military surveillance, and severe restrictions were made on the movement and on the social, economic, and political activities of the Palestinians.
		The departure of the PLO from Lebanon left the Palestinians refugee population a target for revenge and intimidation by official and non-official Lebanese.
		In addition to the obstacles put before the Palestinians seeking employment, and the severe human, social, and economic ramifications stemming from the frequent Israeli shelling of Palestinian refugee camps and population concentrations, the deepening economic misery of the Palestinian refugees is attributed to a number of other factors.
	www.arts.mcgill.ca /MEPP/PRRN/papers/ajial_center/ngo_lebanon.html (4899 words)

	Middle East and North Africa :: Middle East Peace Process :: Mission to Syria - Report
		Jaramana is one of the poorest camps in Syria.
		Palestinian refugees in Syria do not see the acceptance or implementation of humanitarian assistance as being contrary to or an impediment to realization of their political rights.
		Refugees have a general feeling of isolation from (and perhaps abandonment by) the rest of the Palestinian refugee population throughout the Middle East, from the PLO leadership, and from the donor community.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /middle_east/peaceprocess/syriamission-en.asp (10365 words)

	The Palestine Refugee Problem
		The war, and the flight of the refugees, known in Arabic as the Nakba (disaster), were central formative events that determined the national character of Israel and of the Palestinians, and helped to define the conflict in its present terms.
		Refugee camps are located in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria (link to maps), and house somewhat over a million refugees.
		Palestinians point out that Zionists carried out a number of massacres and terrorist operations, notably in Deir Yassin, where Irgun and Lehi forces killed about 110 villagers, and that the Haganah had formulated Plan D, which, the Palestinian partisans claim, was a plan for expulsion of the Arabs from Palestine.
	www.mideastweb.org /refugees1.htm (6184 words)

	Social and Psychological Effects of Overcrowding - Lit Review and Assessment
		The fact that camps have not expanded beyond their original boundaries and the increasing population density are the two main causes of overcrowding in the camps.
		In the camps situated adjacent to towns, construction of homes was not able to spill over the boundaries of the refugee camps; hence, these camps’ residents were the first to add a second story onto their shelters (Mansour 1998:3).
		For residents of refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza the fact that they represented the stronghold of the Intifada, suffered considerable personal loss, and have had their expectations rise with the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority, there is a feeling among them that their housing problems should be a priority (Mansour 1998:8).
	www.arts.mcgill.ca /MEPP/PRRN/marshy.html (10105 words)

	Across Borders \| Stockholm Challenge
		The idea behind this project is to enable Palestinian refugees to cross the borders which separate them and communicate directly and swiftly with one aNother, and with the outside world.
		The Dheisheh refugee camp website created by this project is the first ever website to be created by a refugee camp.
		That the refugees deserve a chance to learn computer and Internet techonlogy as everyone else, and that their children deserve to own personal home computers and that the eagerness of the refugees to learn the techNology is Not dampened by their difficult ecoNomic and political conditions.
	www.stockholmchallenge.se /data/across_borders (471 words)

	Palestinian_refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Furthermore, in 1948 and 1949, 46,000-48,000 Palestinians were internally displaced within Israel[5] (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/94249ccc31ca0fb685256b42005c3bbf?OpenDocument); including descendants, they number 150,000-200,000 today, and for the most part have yet to recover their confiscated land.
		Palestinians in the West Bank who had regular Jordanian passports were issued these temporary ones upon expiration of their old ones, and entry into Jordan by Palestinians is time-limitied and considered for tourism purposes only.
		Information from the Jordanian censuses which distinguishes between Palestinians and pre-1948 Arab-Israeli War Jordanians is not publicly available; however, the Palestinian population in Jordan (domiciled in Jordan and considered citizens) is estimated to be 50-60%.
	www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=Palestinian_refugees (1446 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Who Wants to Be a Palestinian Refugee? by Steven Plaut
		The Tory refugees fled the 13 colonies to Canada, the Caribbean, and elsewhere because they wished to escape battle zones, feared reprisals, were expelled or simply did not wish to be part of the United States.
		Of the countless millions of refugees from the 1940s, the only ones not absorbed and resettled by their “Mother Countries,” by the countries in which they sought refuge, were the “Palestinian refugees.” The Arab world realized that they could be used as pawns and as weapons to continue the Arab jihad of annihilation against Israel.
		These refugees were kept in “refugee camps” run by the Arab world and financed by the United Nations and the world community (that is, mainly the United States).
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=8650 (1904 words)

	Arab-on-Arab terror in Lebanon: Joseph Farah reveals war raging within Palestinian refugee camps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Various Palestinian factions have long been engaged in a struggle for control of the refugee camps.
		Palestinians are confined to 12 camps with no medical, social or educational services from the government and are barred in some of those camps from building or even repairing homes.
		The refugee camps of Lebanon are the breeding grounds of hate and violence.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/730217/posts (1124 words)

	Palestine - Information, Maps, Facts, What to do, Links, and much more.
		In present-day usage, the term is frequently used in political advocacy, referring to land considered as rightfully belonging to the Palestinians, particularly the State of Palestine, recognized by 2/3 of the world's nations since its declaration of independence in the 1980s.
		The boundaries that a Palestinian state would or should have are hotly disputed; areas typically cited include (on the lower end) the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and part of Jerusalem, and (on the higher end), the whole of Israel as well.
		Many Palestinians and other critics worldwide maintain that all the territories are intended, and that the Resolutions remain not only relevant but essential.
	www.forwardingsite.com /places/palestine.html (1429 words)

	Refugee camp embroidery projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The society also preserves "Palestinian culture and the art of embroidery by passing it on from one generation to another and by developing old styles to accommodate the needs of the modern woman".
		Made by Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon, their products are both traditional and practical: from wall hangings to handbags, from credit card cases to Xmas tree ornaments, all beautifully cross stitched with immaculate finishing.
		Although the Palestinian Heritage House in Cairo has now been closed (the display and permanent collection has been move to Khan Younis, to the Palestine Red Crescent Society's Al Amal City Museum) the Palestinian women in exile in Cairo are still producing embroidered items for sale to supplement their income and promote Palestinian culture.
	www.palestinecostumearchive.org /refugee_camps.htm (6589 words)

	Indymedia UK - massacre by isdf in palestinian refugee camps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Israeli occupation troops on Thursday rampaged through two Palestinian refugee camps in the northern part of the West Bank, killing and wounding more than a hundred people, the bulk of whom are innocent civilians,including children and women.
		The two refugee camps, Balata near Nablus and the Jenin-camp, near the West Bank's northernmost town of Jenin were attacked by thousands of Israeli troops, backed by scores of tanks and armored vehicles.
		Palestinian legislative council member Hussam Khader, who lives at the Balata refugee camp described the Israeli onslaught against civilians as "a carnage happening in full day light."
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2002/02/23796.html (798 words)

	Forced Migration Online: Site map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
		Refugees from Western Sahara (by Danielle Van Brunt Smith)
		Refugees and their Human Rights (PDF file 136 KB)
	www.forcedmigration.org /sitemap (396 words)

	Indymedia UK - Building links with Palestinian Refugee Camps! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Baqa'a camp was one of six "emergency" camps set up in 1968 to accommodate Palestinian refugees and displaced persons who left the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a result of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
		The camp, which is the largest in Jordan, is situated about 20 km north of Amman.
		When Baqa'a was set up it was already a large camp with 5,000 tents for 26,000 refugees on an area of about 1.4 square kilometres, today Baqa'a Camp houses around 100,000 (and more) Palestinian refugees.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2004/12/302710.html (297 words)

	REFUGEE CAMPS ARE NO ONE'S HOME!
		Most of the refugees facing deportation are from the refugee camps of Lebanon and from Occupied Palestine.
		This march is being organized as part of a worldwide movement of immigrant and refugee communities who are fighting back against the countless injustices perpetuated against them by the Canadian State.
		Montreal's Palestinian Refugees need your support to fight against Citizenship and Immigration Canada's attempt to deport them to the illegal and deadly Israeli military occupation which plagues everyday life throughout Occupied Palestine and to the violence, poverty and persecution which defines life in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon.
	www.ocap.ca /immigration/pal927.html (380 words)

	Development Studies Programme (DSP) - DSP Publications
		This study evaluates the work of NGO (and quasi-NGO) institutions inside Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.
		It examines the relationship between different institutional structures and living conditions, and compares how far available resources are matched to developmental responsibilities and priorities, and to the needs of the camp residents.
		Attention is devoted to funding problems of NGOs, the relationship within the NGO community operating inside the camps, the relationship with other NGOs active in Jordan and with international organizations, and to identifying methods for improved performance of these institutions.
	home.birzeit.edu /dsp/research/publications/2001/9.html (161 words)

	CBS News \| Palestinians Get Saddam Charity Checks \| March 14, 2003 05:21:23
		Both of us, the Iraqis and the Palestinians, are in the same trench facing an ugly aggression," Zanen said.
		Many Israelis and Palestinians agree that the United States, after ousting Saddam Hussein, will finally focus on ending 30 months of bloodshed and renewing peace talks.
		However, U.S. engagement is eagerly anticipated by those who conclude that, left to their own devices, the two sides will remain mired in a bloody cycle of violence.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/03/14/world/main543981.shtml (879 words)

	list of palestinian refugee camps - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word list of palestinian refugee camps:
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	www.onelook.com /?w=list+of+palestinian+refugee+camps&ls=a (97 words)

	Inside the Palestinian Refugee Camps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		They are the poorest of the poor that are housed in these camps.
		The only project they still administer is the Pali refugee camps.
		Close the camps then no more UNWRA and highly paid cushy jobs flying first class and 5 star hotels for the bureaucrats.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/676423/posts (831 words)

	Summer Camps - Kids & Teen - Allen'sGuide
		With thousands to choose from selecting among the all the summer camps can be a rough task.
		Like traditional camps, Weight Loss Camps fill the idle days of summer with fun indoor and outdoor activities.
		This article helps families decide whether a summer weight loss camp is right for their child, and provides helpful tips on how to choose one.
	www.allensguide.com (177 words)

	CiteULike: Exclusion and identity in Lebanons Palestinian refugee camps: a story of sustained conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		CiteULike: Exclusion and identity in Lebanons Palestinian refugee camps: a story of sustained conflict
		Exclusion and identity in Lebanons Palestinian refugee camps: a story of sustained conflict
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	www.citeulike.org /article/51315 (62 words)

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