Saturday, October 17, 2009

They shall return

"The narrative that emerges from the camps is remarkably cohesive and far-sighted, if not over-ambitious. Despite more than 60 years of destitution, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have defied all - including Israel's best efforts to consign them to the very margins - and are just as much an insurmountable obstacle to a "sell-out" deal now than they have ever been. Even the intense Hamas and Fatah feud which has split the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has been eclipsed in the Lebanese camps by a narrative revolving around the "right of return". " (thanks Marcy)