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Fatah Commissioner of Refugee and UNRWA Affairs Hassan Ahmed: “The right of return is a sacred right, individually and collectively, which has no statute of limitations... The refugees are not just those who were expelled from their land, but also all their offspring are refugees until Judgement...”

"It is a refugee camp in name only."

Why aren't Palestinian children taught the truth about Arab refugees in 1948? Mahmoud Abbas admitted that he and the Arabs of Safed left of their own accord in 1948. But PA TV teaches children: "Mahmoud Abbas’ family was forced to leave" Interview with Mahmoud Abbas: "The [Arab] Liberation Army..."

Official PA TV program Inside, on PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2016, hosting Political Science lecturer at Al-Hazar University of Gaza Naji Shurab Official PA TV host: “Does Britain not feel embarrassed before the international community [that tells it]:...”

PA TV reporter: "How did you leave [your village] Bir Ma'in? Did you experience the Nakba ("catastrophe," i.e., PA term for Israel's establishment)? Fuad Khader, resident of Qalandiya refugee camp in the West Bank: "Yes, I left when I was 20 years old. We left, I mean, the one who made us leave was...

Refugee: "The truth is that the Jews brought a mediator to us, a person we knew and who knew us. They gave us choices. The first choice was that you hand over your weapons and stay on your land and live the way you live. The second choice was that you leave if you don't want to hand over [your..."

Abbas: "The [Arab] Liberation Army retreated from the city [Safed in 1948], causing the [Arab] people to begin emigrating."

They (Arab leaders) said at the time: “By Allah, in a week or two, you will return to Palestine.”

Arab resident of a refugee camp recounting the reason his family left Israel during the war and became refugees: "This picture was taken a week before we left Ein-Kerem [near Jerusalem] in June 1948, in front of our house. The radio stations of the Arab regimes kept repeating to us: "Get away from...

Hassan Ibrahim blames Arab leaders for causing his parents to become refugees in 1948. Ibrahim Sarsur, Head of Islamic Movement in Israel, affirms and condemns. Phone interview with Hassan Ibrahim from Gaza city who recounts how his grandparents told him that in 1948 the district officer issued an...