Can the Palestinian displaced persons problem be conveniently resolved?
Start with the number of Palestinian displaced persons. According to BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights, the displaced Palestinians and their descendents are estimated to number about 7.1 million plus 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) in Israel and the Occupied Palestine Territories (OPT). The latter IDPs were forced from their villages but still live in Israel and the OPT. Figures are debatable but the information below from Badil categorizes the refugees in an approximate and accepted manner. Lebanon: 460,490 in refugee camps. Syria: ***488, 656 listed refugees Jordan : *2,478,424 listed refugee of whom 2,200,000 are Jordanian citizens. West Bank: **754,000 in refugee camps Gaza: 1,059,584 in refugee camps Egypt: 75,706 displaced persons Saudi Arabia: 341,770 displaced persons Kuwait: 43,718 displaced persons Europe: 200,000 displaced persons ****Other: 1,200,000 displaced persons Note: Not all displaced persons are in refugee camps. * In Jordan
