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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to the topics discussed in our first two videos… the subject of refugees is one of the core issues for understanding the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.30,0:00:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are the refugees?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, more than 60 years later, is this still an issue?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.60,0:00:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s look at the facts…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.00,0:00:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So… how did it all begin?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.00,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In May 1948, the local Arab population was joined by 7 Arab countries in a collective attempt to destroy the newly re-established Jewish state.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.00,0:00:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encouraged by Arab leaders, who promised they would return as victors, and later on, as a result of their failed war efforts… an estimated 500,000 Arabs fled to neighboring Arab territories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.40,0:00:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is this the full picture?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.00,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to take a look at the refugees in these photos.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people assume they are Arab refugees… fleeing Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in fact, they are innocent Jewish refugees… forced out of Arab countries!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.00,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THIS map tells the FULL story:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.00,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were FAR more Jewish refugees than Arab refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 850,000 Jews, from ancient Jewish communities predating Islam and the Arab occupation of the Middle East, were forced out of their homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jews were stripped of their citizenship in many countries and their property was confiscated.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In contrast, 160,000 Arabs ACCEPTED Israel's offer TO REMAIN, and today there are more than one million Israeli-Arab citizens with full equal-rights, living in Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now here's a question:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.20,0:01:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you heard of any Jewish refugee camps?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.00,0:01:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,… I didn't think so.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.00,0:01:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Jewish refugees were immediately welcomed and absorbed by Israel or by other nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then why, after more than 60 years, are the Arab-Palestinian- refugees still NOT welcomed and absorbed among their own brethren?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how could their numbers have grown from 500,000 to 4.7 million?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.00,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sad reality is that the Arab refugees never had a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.00,0:02:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attempts at resettlement were blocked by a variety of discriminatory laws enacted in Arab countries such as:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.50,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A ban on receiving citizenship –with the exception of Jordan
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blocking them FROM ENTERING MANY professions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.90,0:02:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Restrictions on owning land
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.80,0:02:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Restrictions on movement
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a Denial of education and health services.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sir Alexander Galloway, a former director of the UN refugee agency in Jordan, gave the reason for this discrimination:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.10,0:02:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quote: "…the Arab nations do not want to solve the Arab refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore… as a weapon against Israel."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:03:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser explained the effect of this "weapon" aimed at overwhelming Israel demographically -with generations of refugees cultivated to hate:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.50,0:03:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quote: “If the refugees return to Israel, Israel will cease to exist.”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.00,0:03:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what role did the United Nations play? Sadly, they were less than helpful…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.00,0:03:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While all refugees in the world are assisted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,…a separate agency –UNRWA- was established specifically for the Palestinians.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.00,0:03:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't the Palestinian refugees share an agency with the refugees of Bosnia, Congo or Darfur? To name a few…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is, because while the United Nation's central refugee agency- helps refugees resettle, The United Nation's Palestinian refugee agency helps perpetuate their status by applying unique criteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.00,0:03:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.00,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Refugees lose their status after receiving citizenship from a recognized country –Palestinian refugees do not.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.00,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Refugees cannot transmit their status from generation to generation –Palestinian refugees can.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Refugees are encouraged to resettle in other countries or integrate in their host countries –UNRWA, avoids such policies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United Nations spends on a single Palestinian refugee almost 3 times more than on a non-Palestinian refugee, and employs over 30 times the staff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bottom line is:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout the 20th century the UN found durable solutions for tens of millions of refugees, while the Palestinian refugee agency has found… well… none.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.00,0:04:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people may suggest this is hypocrisy…
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.00,0:04:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share something personal…
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.70,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father's family was forced out of Algeria…they, and another 600,000 Jews from Arab states, resettled in Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History has proven that resettlement and integration helped tens of millions of refugees, during the 20th century, reclaim their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.80,0:05:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However…the Palestinian refugees are trapped between Arab leaders unwilling to accept their brothers and UN agencies who do not apply equal and universal principals to all refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.00,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this just?