IM Issue 32 – January 2010

Knesset Proposal: Peace Talks Must Include Jewish Refugee Demands

The Knesset has passed an initial reading of a proposal stipulating that negotiations on Arab refugees must include demands for compensation of Jewish refugees from Arab countries. Hundreds of thousands of Jews from Arab countries made Aliyah [immigration] to Israel in its early years after being banished and forced to leave behind property and
assets worth billions of dollars.

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