June 28, 1951 Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council of New York

Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council of New York, who visited Israel and Jordan in 1950, in an article published in the “Christian Century” of June 28^th, 1951:

“There can be no return of any substantial number of these (Arab refugees) to Israel … It is an absolute disfavor to the Arabs to encourage such hopes in any way … The greatest help would be to come up flatly and say there is no possibility of the Arabs going back to their old homes.”

Source: Arab Refugees. (p. 28)