Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Zionists don't seem to mind nearly as much as, say, Nasser's) they may have reasoned that the Palestine refugees, who constitute nearly half the population, are so afraid of "International Zionism" that it would be difficult to protect U.S. Jews from their outbursts. I remember telling a Palestinian friend now in Amman that Jordan might persuade some Americans to modify their anti-Arab views by not refusing visas to Jews who want to enter Jordan, especially since the Wailing Wall is in the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem. He became visibly upset and declared in no uncertain terms that...
...project will not contribute towards a solution of the Arab refugee problem. Those who have suggested that it may (e.g. the CRIMSON and the President of PBH) have been misinformed. Bedouins are not Palestinian refugees; they are nomads. And the tribesmen whom Project Jarba is to help wander only on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River. It is misleading (at best) to advertise the project as striking a blow for peace in the Middle East. PBH will have to be satisfied with the more modest goal of giving 300 nomads a more secure life...
None up for discussion. Behind scenes, pro-Nasser Palestinian group grumbles against Hussein's Bedouin government...
...barren little Jordan, two-thirds of King Hussein's 1,600,000 subjects are Palestinian refugees who hold no love for the desert-born Hashemite dynasty. Half a million live in filthy camps and are grimly called "the King's immortal guests" because, to get more food rations, they register births but never admit to any deaths. They are fierce Arab nationalists, who tune in on Cairo's Voice of the Arabs and can stage a nasty riot. Last week Hussein risked their displeasure and defied his own royal relatives by taking a British bride...
...some 25 laymen, and is supported largely by Pennsylvania's Lessing J. Rosenwald, philanthropist, art collector and onetime board chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Co. It has helped establish religious schools (now numbering about a dozen in the U.S.), donates relief funds for some of the 1,000,000 Palestinian refugees displaced by the Arab-Israeli war ($3,000 last year). Arabs consider the council an ally, distribute Rabbi Berger's anti-Zionist pronouncements...