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12 June 2012
Israel has begun arresting South Sudanese migrants in preparation for deporting them from the country. Read more about Sudanese face expulsion; minister declares Israel "belongs to white man"
Berkeley 5 June 2012
A delegation of activists from Palestinian refugee rights groups recently visited Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss the practicalities of implementing the right of return. Read more about Campaigners strategize refugee return during South Africa visit
Rafah 24 May 2012
An elderly Palestinian woman in Gaza recalls being ethnically cleansed from her village in 1948. Read more about "Every day I dream of returning home": a Nakba survivor speaks
Alexandria 14 May 2012
Aging Palestinian refugees recount their exile from Palestine during the Nakba and demand the right to return to their homeland. Read more about Palestinians in Egypt insist on right to return
the Galilee 1 May 2012
Thousands of Palestinians marched to destroyed villages and called for the return of Palestinian refugees. Read more about Palestinians assert right to return on Israeli "Independence Day"
23 April 2012
In a recent op-ed, the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman smugly offers the Palestinians how to settle their “conflict” with Israel: accept the settlements and the violent settlers, give up a large part of East Jerusalem, and forget about the refugees’ right of return. Read more about Tom Friedman's latest advice to Palestinians: accept a farce of a state
19 April 2012
Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians. Read more about The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir
Beirut 2 April 2012
Thousands marked Palestinian Land Day in south Lebanon last Friday. Palestinian refugees and Lebanese supporters explain what Land Day means to them. Read more about "We are only guests in Lebanon" - Palestinians look homewards on Land Day
Nazareth 19 January 2012
Just as Israel did — and still does — with Palestinians wanting to return to their homeland, thousands of desperate asylum seekers from Africa are being criminalized under the “Prevention of Infiltration law.” Read more about Bunker state cemented by new Israeli law against refugees
Maghazi refugee camp 10 January 2012
Traveling back to Gaza, Fidaa Elaydi finally meets her uncle, who was released from Israeli jail as part of the prisoner swap in October. With his release, and the ability to spend time together, she says it changed the dynamic of her family. Read more about How my uncle in Gaza filled me with hope of return