Palestinians say they number 12.1 million worldwide

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Source: Times of Israel

Report says 2.8 million live in West Bank, 1.8 million in Gaza, 1.5 million in Israel and 6 million abroad

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday it had recorded a population of 12.1 million people, of whom 4.6 million live in the West Bank and Gaza and the remainder abroad.

The figures show that at the end of 2014, 2.8 million Palestinians lived in the West Bank and 1.8 million in the Gaza Strip.

Of the 4.6 million people in those areas, 43.1 percent are defined as refugees.

The statement from the PCBS tallied 6.1 million Palestinians in historic Palestine between the Jordan River and Mediterranean sea, which would assume 1.5 million Palestinians living in Israel.

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1. 8 million refugees

And growing.

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2. Hopefully, they can go home soon.

I think every person has an absolute right to live in their ancestral homeland.

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4. "I think every person has an absolute right to live in their ancestral homeland."

Seriously?

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5. I don't know of any people that should be denied that right. Do you?

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3. There are 5.49 million refugees according to UNRWA, perhaps folks should read the article

UNRWA, the world body’s aid agency for Palestinian refugees, has 5.49 million people registered on its books.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-say-they-number-12-1-million-worldwide/

of that number close to 2 million Palestinian refugees already live in either the West Bank or Gaza