The UN says there are 5 million Palestinian refugees. The US Senate says that’s more than 160 times too high
Nearly everyone agrees that around 650,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes between June 1946 and May 1948. But when it comes to counting the number of Palestinian refugees alive today, the math gets fuzzy.
US Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced an amendment to redefine how the US defines Palestinian refugees Photo: Courtesy Sen. Mark Kirk’s office
According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – the main body tasked with providing assistance to Palestinian refugees – there are more than 5 million refugees at present.
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