El Reno American · 12 January 1950
CP-1950-002
Arab Refugees Come Home
Associated Press Wirephoto
Transcribed from the clipping
ARAB REFUGEES COME HOME—Arab families are reunited in Acre following repatriation of Arabs, both Christian and Moslem, who fled Palestine during the fighting. Many of these refugees were separated from their families for 18 months or more.
Armistice Commission and United Nations personnel are preparing for the homeward flow of Arabs who took refuge in neighboring countries.
Context added by this archive
A photograph of Palestinians going back, and a news agency expecting more of it. The caption stands in for a headline; the scan carries none.
Cite this clipping
"Arab Refugees Come Home," El Reno American, 12 January 1950, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1950-002. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1950-002
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