A delegation from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Friday called for Palestinian refugees here to be given their full rights and reconsidering of the law of expropriation of land by foreigners. Ali Faisal, who spoke on behalf of the delegation after a meeting with Beirut Orthodox Archbishop Elias Aoude, said that such a law would allow the Palestinians to own a house or an office, until they return to their homeland, and the refugees insisted on their right of return according to UN Resolution 194. Faisal denounced the plight of Palestinian refugees, who are deprived of their right to own a house, to work and import construction material and suffer from other measures as well. According to the Lebanese law, Palestinians cannot acquire property here.
That's what keeps the refugee industry running, giving rise to places like Ein el-Hellhole. It also keeps the Paleos relegated to the status of being a tool to be used in regional politix...
Lebanon's a weird place, where the DFLP becomes the voice of sweet reason... |
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