The UN partition plan to separate Palestine into Jewish and Arab states in 1949 dispossessed thousands of Palestinians from the homes they had inhabited before the mandate. Since the birth of the official state of Israel in 1948, many of the children of Ishmael have languished in camps in Tyre, Sidon and Beirut, to the north; along the West bank and the Gaza Strip; and, since 1967, in the interior of the land in Jordan. According to 2002 census figures, the total Palestinian refugee population was 3.9 million, over 1 million of whom live in camps.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Palestinian refugee camps (1993)
The UN partition plan to separate Palestine into Jewish and Arab states in 1949 dispossessed thousands of Palestinians from the homes they had inhabited before the mandate. Since the birth of the official state of Israel in 1948, many of the children of Ishmael have languished in camps in Tyre, Sidon and Beirut, to the north; along the West bank and the Gaza Strip; and, since 1967, in the interior of the land in Jordan. According to 2002 census figures, the total Palestinian refugee population was 3.9 million, over 1 million of whom live in camps.
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