Palestinian Return Centre

Boycott Israeli Dates
In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the Israeli settlements are illegal - they are built on stolen Palestinian land. Growing dates is one of the major agricultural activities carried out by nearly half of the illegal Israeli... Read more...

World Cup Campaign: End Apartheid of Israel in Palestine: Ending Israeli Apartheid in Palestine is world’s responsibility
With the world focused on the 2010 world cup in symbolic South Africa the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is calling on the world community to remember the ongoing struggle against apartheid and siege in Palestine. The world is invited to openly... Read more...

PRC Updates British MPs
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) sent a letter to the newly elected British MP's. The letter informed them of the conditions in Gaza and the plight of Palestinian refugees. Read more...

PRC: Palestinian Refugees News Update – May Bulletin
PRC: Palestinian Refugees News Update - May Bulletin INTRODUCTIONWhile there is much focus on the Israeli Palestinian conflict on a political level there is very little if any mention of the refugees who comprise three quarters of the global... Read more...

Defence of Apartheid Israel Unjustifiable
By Iqbal Jassat - I wonder whether pro-Israeli apologists ever sense the sheer hopelessness of their desperate attempts to shield the apartheid regime from legitimate and necessary criticism. Read more...

Mitchell's Quick-fix Fake Peace
By Stuart Littlewood - On the eve of the silliest peace talks in history, the big question is this. What makes Obama's envoy George Mitchell, a negotiator of high repute, say there is 'no role' for Hamas? Read more...

The Real 'Crisis': Yale's Pro-Israeli Conference
On August 25, Yale University ended a three day global anti-Semitism 'crisis' conference promoting the notion that Israeli criticism is "anti-Semitic," no matter how justified. Boola boola, for shame, mighty Yale displaying the same type... Read more...

Refugees in Lebanon: Righting a Perpetual Wrong
By Ramzy Baroud - Finally, a parliamentary debate in Lebanon over the human rights of Palestinian refugees. What is unfortunate though, is that granting basic civil rights to over 400,000 Palestinians - 62 years after their expulsion from their... Read more...

Chronology of events before the Nakba: 1876 - 1918
Aqaba, 1917:Troops of the Arab Revolt, "Before Their Diaspora" * Chronology compiled from sources in the Bibliography section 1876 - 1877 * Ottoman constitution promulgated. Palestinian deputies from Jerusalem attend the first Ottoman parliament in... Read more...

Chronology of events before the Nakba: 1918 - 1935
Abu Ghosh, about fourteen kilometers from Jerusalem, on the road to Jaffa. "Before their Diaspora" 1918 * Palestine occupied by Allied forces under British General Allenby. * End of World War I. Read more...

Chronology of events before the Nakba: 1936 -1939
Residents of Abu Ghosh, a village west of Jerusalem, taking the oath of allegiance to the Arab higher Comittee, April 1936. "Before Their Diaspora" 1936 * Legislative Council proposal defeated by pro-Zionist members in British House of Common. Read more...

Chronology of events before the Nakba: 1939 - 1947
1939 * London Conference ends with no agreement reached. * Malcom MacDonald, Colonial Secretary of State, issues White Paper of 1939 embodying British solution to Palestine problem: conditional independence for unitary Palestinian state after ten... Read more...

Ramadan in Aida Camp: Sitting, Waiting, Existing
By Rich Wiles - From the barred windows of a four storey house string runs across the narrow main street of Aida Camp, well above head height, to the caged fence atop the walls of Aida Camp Basic Boys School. Small plastic Palestinian flags hang... Read more...

Harb rejects granting property rights to Palestinian refugees
In an interview with Al-Qods al-Arabi magazine published on Tuesday, Labor Minister Boutros Harb said that granting Palestinian refugees in Lebanon the right to own property is out of the question. Read more...

Exhibit shows plight of Palestinians in Lebanese refugee camps
Today one of the regions most often brought up as a topic of discussion is the Middle East. Palestine, above all regional conflicts, comes in first. The latest incident in this dispute was an Israeli raid about two months ago on an aid flotilla that... Read more...

Palestinian refugees in Brazil files a complaint
Pal Telegraph-The Palestinian residents in Brazil complained about the handling of the Palestinian embassy with their demands and direct actions protesting the difficult living conditions. Read more...