be blamed for the existence of that problem?
Arab refugees, we cannot fail to mention the outside forces … They pursue their own selfish interests …, which have nothing in common either with the cause of peace and international security or with the interests of the Arab and Jewish peoples, and which only correspond to the aggressive designs of the leading circles of some states.” – Soviet delegation, UN Security Council on 4 March 1949 • “Since 1948 Arab leaders have approached the Palestine problem in an irresponsible manner. They have not looked into the future. They have no plan or approach. They have used the Palestine people for selfish political purposes. This is ridiculous and, I could say, criminal.” – Jordan’s King Hussein, Associated Press, Jan 1960 • Many castigations of Israel for her alleged responsibility for the suffering of Arab refugees have been terribly one-sided and unfair. Why is so little attention paid to the fact that the original refugees in the situation were Jews fleeing the Nazi terror, people who
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- Does Legal Empowerment believe the major problem is a lack of adequate legal protections for the poor or the existence of dysfunction, unworkable legal structures in poorer nations?
- Can we reconcile the existence of a merciful God with the problem of pain in the world?
- be blamed for the existence of that problem?
