According to @UNRWA there are 5.8 million Palestinian refugees.
Amongst them they would include persons such as @RashidaTlaib and her children as well as
Nadia Abu El Haj, author and professor of anthropology at Barnard College
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, former director of graduate studies at Northwestern University, father of Lila Abu-Lughod
Lila Abu-Lughod, professor of anthropology and women's and gender studies at Columbia University
Ismail al-Faruqi, former professor of religion at Temple University
Naseer Aruri, Chancellor Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Bilal Ayyub, professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Hanna Batatu, Marxist historian most known for his work on Iraqi history
Iymen Chehade, Palestinian-Israeli conflict professor, Columbia College, Art Institute
Munther A. Dahleh, professor and director at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Palestinian)
Leila Farsakh, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
Samih Farsoun, professor of sociology at American University and editor of Arab Studies Quarterly
Nadia Hijab, journalist with Middle East Magazine & senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies
Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia Univ
Joseph Massad, professor at Columbia University known for his work on nationalism and sexuality in the Arab world
Ali H. Nayfeh, Palestinian-American mechanical engineer, the 2014 recipient of Benjamin Franklin Medal in mechanical engineering
Edward Said, professor at Columbia University best known for his work on the subject of Orientalism.
Rosemarie Said Zahlan, historian, journalist & author, sister of Edward Said
Steven Salaita, former professor of English at Virginia Tech
Hisham Sharabi, Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University
Alex Odeh, activist tied to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Authors, poets, playwrights, and journalists
Susan Abulhawa, author
Ali Abunimah, journalist and co-founder of The Electronic Intifada
Ibtisam Barakat, writer and poet;
Jamal Dajani, journalist and television producer
Suheir Hammad, poet
Ray Hanania, journalist
Nadia Hijab, journalist with Middle East Magazine
Sahar Khalifeh, novelist and founder of the Women's Affairs Center in Nablus
Ismail Khalidi (writer), playwright
Daoud Kuttab, award-winning journalist;
Najla Said, author, actress, playwright, and activist, daughter of Edward Said
Naomi Shihab Nye, poet, songwriter, and novelist
Lisa Suhair Majaj, poet and scholar
Dena Takruri journalist, on-air presenter, and producer
Mohamed Hadid, luxury real estate developer and businessman.
Farouk Shami, founder of Farouk systems, a Houston-based company that manufactures hair care and spa products
Mohammed Amer, comedian, writer, actor;
Charlie Bisharat, Grammy Award-winning violinist
Cherien Dabis, film director
Said Durrah, comedian
Hanni El Khatib, singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist
Yousef Erakat, comedian
Bella Hadid, model & actress
Gigi Hadid, model & actress
Laila Al-Marayati, director of women's health at the Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles
Peter R. Mansoor, U.S. Army colonel, executive officer to Gen. David Petraeus during Iraq War troop surge of 2007
Musicians
Hanni El Khatib, singer-songwriter
Justin Amash, Congressman from Michigan
Iman Jodeh، first Muslim legislator in Colorado[1]
Johnny Khamis, member of the San Jose City Council.
Sam Rasoul, American politician, House of Delegates 11th District Election, 2017
Ibraheem Samirah, member Virginia House of Delegates.
Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York,
Chris Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire (R) (2017–), son of Governor John H. Sununu
John E. Sununu, US Senator from New Hampshire (2003–09),
John H. Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire (1983–89) & White House Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush (1989–91)
Rashida Tlaib, U.S. Representative
Oday Aboushi, American football player for the Detroit Lions (NFL)
Gibran Hamdan, NFL QB
Tarek Saleh, former NFL player
Nidal Malik Hasan, former soldier convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting
Rasmea Odeh, convicted of immigration fraud, for concealing her arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for a fatal terrorist bombing
These are some of the most privileged US citizens yet would be classified as Palestinian refugees from 1948.
There are fewer than 40,000 surviving Palestinian refugees from 1948 and the sooner the world wakes up to this the earlier peace will arrive in the Middle East
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"A Palestine refugee camp is defined as a plot of land placed at the disposal of UNRWA by the host government to accommodate Palestine refugees"
Let's deep dive a little here are the figures for West Bank
871,537 refugees 25% of whom live in refugee camps.
Gaza Strip
Some 1.5 million refugees
8 refugee camps
Now back to UNRWAs definition of a refugee camp "plot of land placed at the disposal of UNRWA by the 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 to 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙜𝙚𝙚𝙨"
In light of the propaganda being spewed by Palestinians & groups such as @btselem. Here are a few facts on Masafer Yatta as reported by Palestinians themselves The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem
According to the report mentioned above "𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 "𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕" 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 (𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒐) 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓
𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂."
Images of the area from said report shows barren desert
A thread on Palestinian lies and appropriation of the suffering of others to attack Israel
Just some examples that @BBC has had to correct bbc.com/news/57111293
Now let's have a history lesson. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire the British were given the Mandate for Palestine.
Map of the Madate at the time of the Balfour Declaration 1921
This was the original map in 1922 of its boundaries in which the Jewish National Homeland was to be established (After having created the TransJordan which took up over 70% of the land originally demarked as the Jewish homeland
Read throught the original document of the Mandate agreement of 1922
Theodore Roosevelt once said "speak softly & carry a big stick; you will go far."
Putin has built up a massive military complex AND is not afraid of using it. The west has the stick but refuses to use it.
Europe sees itself as a giant where actually it is a geo-political dwarf.
China, as with Putin has built up an extremely powerful military & is watching on the sidelines.
The West love 2 talk about nebulous concepts such as HR (except when the West breaches them) China & Russia r undaunted by these concepts, power 2 them is might & hence power is right
In this woke age we talk about green energy but rely on 🇷🇺's gas. We talk about HR yet do nothing about the Uyghurs & held the Winter Olympics in China. We move the Champions League Final to Paris but go ahead with the World Cup in Qatar. The dictatorship watch & laugh.