Word: homelands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Arab states have been using Palestinian refugees purely as "political cannon fodder" and have no commitment to a Palestinian homeland, Bookbinder said. He noted that during the 19 years that Jordan occupied the West Bank, the Arabs did not ask Jordan to create a Palestinian state...
While Jews and blacks differ on the question ofa homeland for Palestinians, he said, "There isunanimous support for this whole question ofemigration and human rights...The CongressionalBlack Caucus are probably the most loyal membersas far as human rights and Soviet Jewry...
Federal prisons here and in Louisiana were overrun late last month by Cuban inmates fearing deportation under a new immigration pact in which 2500 Cubans considered undesirable by the U.S. government would be returned to their homeland...
...guidance, King Hussein feels little responsibility for the territory. While West Bank Palestinians hold Jordanian passports, the nationality of Gazans is officially "undefined" on the travel documents they must obtain from Israel. Gaza has become such an afterthought that it is rarely mentioned in discussions about a Palestinian homeland. Fatah, the main P.L.O. group, has contributed little money or moral support to the territory...
Tufts spokesman Rosemarie Van Camp said that the decision to provide five additional scholarships for Black South Africans to study in their homeland was in part a reaction to the senate's presentation at the trustee's meeting. Both Hahn and Ganz, who was sent by Tufts to South Africa to monitor the program, said they were pleased with the funding but added that they would have preferred total divestment...