Refugees' Rights

During the Israel-Lobby-dominated media frenzy propelling us into war with Iraq, how often we were reminded that Saddam Hussein was in violation of UN resolutions! Yet, never mentioned was the fact that Israel has been in defiance of many more serious UN resolutions for a much longer period of time. These include UN Resolution 242, calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied territory in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and UN Resolution 194 which states "that refugees wishing to return to their homes and live in peace should be allowed to do so..." (See Jimmy Carter's "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" p. 4.) Unfortunately, Zionists burn the midnight oil devising devious excuses for defying these UN resolutions so that they can keep their stolen land and continue ethnically cleansing out its rightful inhabitants. For instance, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert recently stated that "Israel would not allow a single refugee to return to what is now Israel." (The New York Times, 3-31-07) Olmert's fake excuse is his claim that it is the Arabs' own fault for leaving. Of course, he ignores the role of Jewish terrorist groups which massacred innocent Arab civilians, including women and children, causing the rest to flee. (See Patrick Buchanan's "Where The Right Went Wrong" p. 114) In fact, the main reason Israel refuses to accept refugees (some of whom still have keys to their houses), as part of a peace plan, is the fear that a growing number of non-Jews could eventually out-vote the rest, with the result that Israel could cease being a Jewish state. The obvious solution is for Israel to drop the pretense that it is a democracy. For a country can not be both a democracy and a permanent Jewish state. There looms always the possibility that the Jewish state aspect could be voted out. This is one reason that Israel, after all these years, still has no constitution. Clearly, a constitution should be written which mandates a permanent Jewish state no matter what. Only those refugees pledging allegiance to this constitution should be allowed back into Israel. Refugees only have a right to return if doing so does not endanger the existence of the Jewish state.