The Right of Return refers to a principal in international law that recognizes the moral and ethical right of every person to return and re enter their country of origin. This universal principal now has a solid legal foundation and is codified through The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 13 which affirms “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and return to his country.”
Who are the Palestinian refugees? The Palestinian refugees are approximately 726,000 persons who resided in Palestine and who fled or were expelled prior to, during and after the 1948 War to create a state for Jews in Palestine. They and their descendents are often referred to as the “1948 refugees”.
Israeli settlers have built settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) with the political, military, and financial support of the government.
“I have seen the humiliation of the Palestinians at checkpoints and roadblocks, suffering like us when young white police officers prevented us from moving about’’(2) (Desmond Tutu)
