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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 09:29 PM Apr 2015

Arab MKs: IS assault on Yarmouk ‘serves Israeli occupation’

In statement, Joint (Arab) List insists Palestinians must remain in refugee camps until ‘right of return’ is recognized

The recent Islamic State assault on Palestinians in the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus “serves the Israeli occupation,” Knesset members from the Joint (Arab) List party said in a statement on Tuesday.

The MKs argued that that the Palestinian cause “unites all Arabs everywhere” and should give Palestinian refugees immunity from the internal strife of host states.

“What is happening in the Yarmouk refugee camp with IS fighters who have taken control of the area and are using the refugees as human shields, only serves the enemies of the Arab nations and the enemies of the Palestinian people and their just cause,” reads the statement, which was posted Tuesday to the Joint List’s Facebook page in Arabic. “It especially serves the Israeli occupation, which aims to settle the refugee issue as an internal, local problem of the camps.


Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-mks-is-assault-on-yarmouk-serves-israeli-occupation/

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Arab MKs: IS assault on Yarmouk ‘serves Israeli occupation’ (Original Post) Little Tich Apr 2015 OP
RoR will never be recognized Smithryee Apr 2015 #1
Israel. For Jews. n/t Little Tich Apr 2015 #3
And we have a winner. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2015 #5
"Palestinians must remain in refugee camps until ‘right of return’ is recognized" shira Apr 2015 #2
Please to read article before post. n/t Little Tich Apr 2015 #4
I guess this type of thinking is the reason the joint list can not join any coalition with any Zionist party . King_David Apr 2015 #6
 

shira

(30,109 posts)
2. "Palestinians must remain in refugee camps until ‘right of return’ is recognized"
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 09:34 PM
Apr 2015

That's the BDS mantra.

How utterly depraved.

King_David

(14,851 posts)
6. I guess this type of thinking is the reason the joint list can not join any coalition with any Zionist party .
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 11:56 PM
Apr 2015
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