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The Israeli defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, has resigned, saying, "I fought with all my might against manifestations of extremism, violence and racism in Israeli society." His resignation comes only days after Ya’alon’s deputy chief of staff, Major General Yair Golan, compared modern-day Israel to "nauseating trends" in Nazi-era Germany.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now offered the position of defense minister to the right-wing, ultranationalist politician Avigdor Lieberman. Lieberman is considered to be one of the most hawkish politicians in Israel.
The recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland is enshrined in UN resolution 194, which was approved by the UN General Assembly--including the sponsor of the Camp David talks, the U.S. After 2000 years of the Diaspora, the founders of the state of Israel felt it necessary to make a law legislating the right of every Jew to “return to Eretz Israel.” This Israeli law of return allows any person in the world with a Jewish mother to pack up and fly to Tel Aviv and become a citizen of Israel.
Isn’t it equally important for Palestinians who were evicted from their homes 68 years ago to be able to exercise this undeniably basic human right. 68 years ago, when the state of Israel was created on the basis of a UN resolution, an entire people were made refugees. Four hundred Palestinian villages within the borders of today’s Israel were demolished and wiped from the map. Survivors of this catastrophe are dispersed in refugee camps in Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Others can be found scattered in the four corners of the world.
Ted Rudow III, MA
The recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland is enshrined in UN resolution 194, which was approved by the UN General Assembly--including the sponsor of the Camp David talks, the U.S. After 2000 years of the Diaspora, the founders of the state of Israel felt it necessary to make a law legislating the right of every Jew to “return to Eretz Israel.” This Israeli law of return allows any person in the world with a Jewish mother to pack up and fly to Tel Aviv and become a citizen of Israel.
Isn’t it equally important for Palestinians who were evicted from their homes 68 years ago to be able to exercise this undeniably basic human right. 68 years ago, when the state of Israel was created on the basis of a UN resolution, an entire people were made refugees. Four hundred Palestinian villages within the borders of today’s Israel were demolished and wiped from the map. Survivors of this catastrophe are dispersed in refugee camps in Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Others can be found scattered in the four corners of the world.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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