Word: israel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deadline ran out last week for Arab refugees, and Israel officially closed the two small bridges over which they had been crossing the Jordan. But the move was only symbolic. The Israelis put up no barriers, nor did they take down the receiving tents in which returning refugees have been greeted with orangeade and light lunches before getting free transportation to their homes. Despite the official cutoff, the bridges were still open; the refugees were still coming back...
...Israel explained that the extension of the deadline does not apply to the thousands of Arabs who once filled the dreary Palestine refugee camps, sapping the economy and disturbing the peace of the West Bank. Those professional refugees are not wanted back under any conditions. But Israel is perfectly willing to admit "hardship cases" -such as children separated from their parents. And it is willing to continue the return flow of legitimate farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen who can contribute to the economy of their homeland. The applications of at least 21,000 such refugees have already been approved, but more...
...from remittance checks sent to them by relatives working in the high-paying oil fields of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. All of which caused the refugee flow to slow to a trickle. But for the time being, it will continue, a reminder to the world that Israel has not really removed the welcome...
Those refugees who have returned, and those Arabs who remained in Israel's "New Territories," are finding that life is fast returning to normal as the Israelis demonstrate their intention to stay on. In Old Jerusalem, gone are the last remnants of the Mandelbaum Gate that stood for two decades as an ugly reminder that the Holy City was divided...
Union organizers from Israel's giant Histadrut labor federation are already signing up recruits in the Arab quarter...