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141 th “Special Report on the 58 Anniversary of the Nakba”, PCBS, p. 3.
142 See Jonathan Cook, On the Margins, p. 17.
143 See Jonathan Cook, On the Margins, p. 18.
144 The idea is to achieve a Jewish population of 1.5 million in the Galilee and 1 million in the Naqab by 2010. See Mada al-
Carmel, The Arab Center for Applied Social Research, Israel and the Palestinian Minority 2004, Sultany, Nimer, (ed.), Mada’s
Third Annual Political Monitoring Report, pp. 41–42.
145 Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA), Weekly Review of the Arabic Press in Israel, No. 226, June 10–17, 2005, Nazareth.
146 See Jonathan Cook, On the Margins, pp. 9–11.
147 Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA), Weekly Review of the Arabic Press in Israel, No. 243, 7–14 December 2005,
Nazareth.
148 Land Day (Yom al-Ard) has been observed by the Arab community every year since six Arab citizens were killed in clashes
with security forces following a government decision to expropriate land in Galilee in 1976. HRA, Weekly Review of the Arabic
Press in Israel, No.215, March 25–April 1st, 2005, Nazareth.
149 Al-Ittihad, 28 January 2005 [Arabic] in Mada al-Carmel, The Arab Center for Applied Social Research, Israel and the
Palestinian Minority 2004, ed. Sultany, Nimer, p. 53. See also Jonathan Cook, On the Margins, p. 21.
150 See Jonathan Cook, On the Margins, p. 20.
151 Jonathan Cook, On the Margins, p. 21.
152 HRA, Weekly Review of the Arabic Press in Israel, No. 267/March 24–31, 2006, Nazareth, p. 3.
153 A 1988 survey of 4,470 displaced Palestinian families found that the majority were displaced because of the 1985–1987
“war of the camps”, and that 75% of them have been forced from their house three or more times. See Jaber Suleiman,
“Marginalised Community: The case of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon”, United Kingdom: Development Research Centre
on Migration Globalisation and Poverty, April 2006, p. 6.
154 Suheil al-Natour, Awda’ al-Sha’ab al Falastini fi Lubnan [Arabic], Beirut: Dar al-Takadum al-Arabi, 1993; and Al-Mohajjarun
al-Falastinyoun fi Lubnan [Arabic], Beirut: Ajial, 2003.
155 Jaber Suleiman, “Marginalised Community: The case of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon”, p. 6, cited in Mohamed Dorai,
“Palestinian Emigration from Lebanon to Northern Europe: Refugees, Networks, and Transitional Practices,” Refugee, 21:2,
February 2003.
156 UNRWA announced that between August 1990 and March 1991, approximately 250,000 persons holding Jordanian
passports arrived in Jordan, of whom the majority were registered refugees or of Palestinian origin. See Report of the
Commissioner-General of the United Nations for Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, A/46/13, 20 June
1991. The Jordanian government estimates that 280,000 persons holding Jordanian passports had entered Jordan by the end
of the Gulf War. Shaml Palestinian Disapora and Refugee Centre estimates that between 30–40,000 Palestinians were able to
enter the OPT. Research Report No. 6, Ramallah: Shaml.
157 Shaml Newsletter No. 6, Ramallah: Shaml, February 1997. See also Shaml Newsletter No. 1, Ramallah: Shaml, December
1995.
158 UNHCR, “Aide-Memoire, Protecting Palestinians in Iraq and Seeking Humanitarian Solutions for Those Who Fled the
Country,” Geneva: UNHCR, December 2006, p. 4.
159 UNRWA Strongly Condemns the Killing of its Staff Member, UNRWA Lebanon Field Office, Beirut, 15 August 2006.
160 UNRWA, “The Situation of Palestine Refugees in South Lebanon,” 15 August 2006.
161 UNRWA, Situation Report, 9 August 2006.
162 See Zeidan, Mahmoud, “30 Days in Paradise! The role of Palestinian Refugees in Assisting Lebanese Displaced Persons durng
the Last Israeli War on Lebanon,” al Majdal, Issue 30–31 (Summer–Fall 2006), p. 16.
163 “War exacerbates Palestine refugee conditions – Report,” IRIN News, 17 September 2006.