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1948 Khaled al-Azm on Palestinian Refugees

Khaled al-AzmKhaled al-Azm, the Prime Minister of Syria in 1948-49:

 “SINCE 1948 WE HAVE BEEN DEMANDING THE RETURN OF THE REFUGEES TO THEIR HOMES. BUT WE OURSELVES ARE THE ONES WHO ENCOURAGED THEM TO LEAVE.  ONLY A FEW MONTHS SEPARATED OUR CALL TO THEM TO LEAVE AND OUR APPEAL TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO RESOLVE ON THEIR RETURN.”

“… The fifth factor (e.g. For the Arab failure in 1948) was the call by the Arab governments to the inhabitants of Palestine to evacuate it and leave for the bordering Arab countries … We brought destruction upon a million Arab refugees by calling on them and pleading with them to leave their land.”

Source The Memoirs of Khaled al-Azm, 3 Volumes, Beirut 1973; Eretzyisroel.org. “A collection of Historical Quotations Relating to the Arab Refugees.” Joseph E. Katz.

 

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