Cards (3)

  • Many turned anger to action by joining Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO); which has no official national allegiance, so difficult to control and confront, 1964
  • Refugees' fate is excluded from most Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts because, given right of return, their numbers endanger world's only Jewish state; so refugee issue is an existential one
  • More than six million refugees, one biggest displaced populations globally, Israel is at odds with UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (asserts refugees' unconditional right of return to live at peace in old homes or receive compensation for losses)