But for refugees, it also means compromising their right of return to their families’ original homes in the West Bank, Gaza or Israel. But the reality is more complicated and relates to Lebanon’s troublesome history with the Palestinian refugees. Leaders of the camps’ various Palestinian political factions said they hoped to gain momentum from the popular outrage. Like most Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, he has never set eyes on Jerusalem. Lebanese factions aligned with Israel killed as many as 2,000 Palestinian civilians there as Israeli troops guarded the perimeter.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2017 18:45 UTC