The New York Times · 13 January 2002

CP-2002-055

Refugees and Reparations in the Mideast

Yoel Esteron

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“If we recognize such a right, the number of actual returnees would not be so great as to overwhelm the Jewish nature of this state.”

Context added by this archive

An Israeli editor argues for recognizing the right of return, on the ground that recognizing it would cost little. The argument is rare enough in the American press to keep; the arithmetic it rests on is the thing to notice.

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"Refugees and Reparations in the Mideast," The New York Times, 13 January 2002. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2002-055. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2002-055

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