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To: Sam who wrote (200173)	8/30/2006 11:12:58 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

If the UN hadn't set up refugee camps, IMHO, this whole issue would have been settled by now in the time honored way--by an exchange of unwanted populations, a period of war and adjustment, and finally resignation. This pattern or something like it has occurred numerous times in the past. It is the refugee camps that gives this dispute its intractable character, IMHO. Were it not for them, yeah, there would have been a decade or two of conflict, but eventually things would have settled down. The camps create a constant source of disgruntled people and a constant reminder of past wrongs (on both sides). Nonsense. You are forgetting the religious significance to both sides of certain plots of land in this squabble. Why did the Jews go to Palestine instead of Paraguay after WWII?

To: Sam who wrote (200173)	8/30/2006 11:13:09 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

More on '48: answers.com The Palestinian exodus (Arabic: ?????? ?????????? al-Hijra al-Filasteeniya) refers to the refugee flight of Palestinian Arabs during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It is called the Nakba (Arabic: ??????), meaning "disaster" or "cataclysm", by Palestinians. During the war of 1948, many fled or were expelled from their homes in the part of Palestine that would become the State of Israel to other parts of Palestine or to neighbouring countries. The UN estimates their number at 711,000 [1] while the Israeli estimate of the refugees is 520,000 and the Palestinian estimate is 900,000. The degree to which the flight of the refugees was voluntary or involuntary is hotly debated. Some cases of expulsion are well-documented, such as in Lydda and Ramle. So is the attempt by some Jewish leaders in Haifa to stem the flight [2], and that some Arab leaders called for evacuation of civilian Arabs from the war zone. How much each factor has contributed is disputed. At the Lausanne Conference, 1949, Israel and the Arab states discussed the issue of refugees but no agreement was reached. The exodus, and the resulting Palestinian refugee problem remain a central and controversial topic in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. .... More at above link, with links in the original.