Israeli and Palestinian historians met in Paris to discuss the origins of the Palestinian refugee problem. Increased attention has been paid this year, during the Jewish state’s 50th anniversary, to the issue of how several hundred thousand Palestinians became homeless during Israel’s War of Independence.
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