The Unwanted Refugees Of The Iraq War
Palestinian-Born Iraqis Lived Well Under Saddam, Now Many Are Homeless, And Politically Untouchable
..."I think the scale of the violence and the attacks on the Palestinian community make it absolutely unacceptable for them to return," sayd UNHCR's representative in Jordan, Robert Breen. No other Arab country has offered to take them in. Any Arab country in the Middle East that agrees to take in Palestinian refugees is making a political statement. First, they are saying the door is open for other Palestinians to come and settle. The possibility of Palestinians getting too comfortable in their adopted Arab countries could diminish their desire to pursue the right to return to their country of origin. The image of complacency on the right of Palestinians to a homeland of their own is one that Arab countries are not eager to espouse. But Miriam and her family have lived their entire lives in Iraq. She worked in a beauty salon, speaks in an Iraqi dialect, and has never known any other place as home. Her parents fled Haifa in 1948 and headed for Baghdad...
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