I just saw an article about people who lost their lives in fighting in a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza. The refugee camp is one of many that are scattered across the region principally in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. It is important to remember that the "refugees" are those who fled the fighting in 1948 and 1949. These camps have been in place for 65 years. Nearly every resident of the refugee camps was born there. All of this raises the question: why are these camps still there?
Think about this for a moment. In the 1940's, there were tens of millions of refugees across the world. Germans were ousted from many countries in Europe after World War II and they were resettled in Germany. Jews who survived that war left Europe and were resettled in Israel. Jews in Arab countries were forced to flee when Israel was founded and they made their way to Israel where they were resettled. In China, tens of millions of people were displace by the fighting with the Japanese and the subsequent civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists. Those Chinese refugees have all be resettled. People all over the world were uprooted by both natural and human disasters and they were resettled long ago. In the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, there were millions more refugees who have all been resettled. Just think how many Vietnamese came to the USA as refugees when the war in their country ended. None of them live in refugee camps. Only the Arabs who came from what was Palestine still live in these camps. Why is this? What keeps them there?
The answer is a two part one. First of all, after the end of the fighting between Israel and the Arabs in 1949, the neighboring Arab countries refused to allow the refugees to settle among the people of those lands; the refugees were forcibly kept in camps by these Arab countries. By doing this, these countries were able to avoid having to help the refugees. The plight of these people was taken up by the United Nations which began to provided assistance.
The UN assistance itself then became the second reason why these refugee camps remain today. The UN relief agency still provides daily assistance to these Arab refugees. Imagine, sixty-five years after the end of the relevant war, the UN is still feeding, educating and assisting so-called refugees, almost all of whom were not even alive when the war caused people to leave their homes. It is well known that the UN supports nearly two people for every person who lives in the refugee camps. In other words, the level of fraud in these camps is extremely high. Benefits are provided by the UN to hundreds of thousands of people who just do not exist. Were the people to leave these camps, they could no longer get the support from the UN agency.
The time has come for the UN to stop "assisting" the supposed refugees. The people living in Lebanon in refugee camps do not deserve continuing help. They have had 65 years to acclimate to life in Lebanon. The folks in Jordan in these camps should no longer get assistance. The same is true of Syria and all the other places where these supposed refugees live. There is no reason for the world to support this one group; all the other refugees over the years have managed to make their own way in the world. These people are more than capable of doing the same.
There is no way that the UN will vote to stop providing assistance since there is an automatic majority for anything having to do with "Palestinians" at the UN. Nevertheless, the USA and other western countries should announce that beginning in 2015, they will no longer fund the activities of the UN which "assist" these fake refugees. If the USA, the UK, France, Japan, Germany and other first world countries stopped providing the funds to the UN for this effort, we would soon see the integration of these supposed refugees into the countries where they live. It's only logical that this happen soon.
Think about this for a moment. In the 1940's, there were tens of millions of refugees across the world. Germans were ousted from many countries in Europe after World War II and they were resettled in Germany. Jews who survived that war left Europe and were resettled in Israel. Jews in Arab countries were forced to flee when Israel was founded and they made their way to Israel where they were resettled. In China, tens of millions of people were displace by the fighting with the Japanese and the subsequent civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists. Those Chinese refugees have all be resettled. People all over the world were uprooted by both natural and human disasters and they were resettled long ago. In the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, there were millions more refugees who have all been resettled. Just think how many Vietnamese came to the USA as refugees when the war in their country ended. None of them live in refugee camps. Only the Arabs who came from what was Palestine still live in these camps. Why is this? What keeps them there?
The answer is a two part one. First of all, after the end of the fighting between Israel and the Arabs in 1949, the neighboring Arab countries refused to allow the refugees to settle among the people of those lands; the refugees were forcibly kept in camps by these Arab countries. By doing this, these countries were able to avoid having to help the refugees. The plight of these people was taken up by the United Nations which began to provided assistance.
The UN assistance itself then became the second reason why these refugee camps remain today. The UN relief agency still provides daily assistance to these Arab refugees. Imagine, sixty-five years after the end of the relevant war, the UN is still feeding, educating and assisting so-called refugees, almost all of whom were not even alive when the war caused people to leave their homes. It is well known that the UN supports nearly two people for every person who lives in the refugee camps. In other words, the level of fraud in these camps is extremely high. Benefits are provided by the UN to hundreds of thousands of people who just do not exist. Were the people to leave these camps, they could no longer get the support from the UN agency.
The time has come for the UN to stop "assisting" the supposed refugees. The people living in Lebanon in refugee camps do not deserve continuing help. They have had 65 years to acclimate to life in Lebanon. The folks in Jordan in these camps should no longer get assistance. The same is true of Syria and all the other places where these supposed refugees live. There is no reason for the world to support this one group; all the other refugees over the years have managed to make their own way in the world. These people are more than capable of doing the same.
There is no way that the UN will vote to stop providing assistance since there is an automatic majority for anything having to do with "Palestinians" at the UN. Nevertheless, the USA and other western countries should announce that beginning in 2015, they will no longer fund the activities of the UN which "assist" these fake refugees. If the USA, the UK, France, Japan, Germany and other first world countries stopped providing the funds to the UN for this effort, we would soon see the integration of these supposed refugees into the countries where they live. It's only logical that this happen soon.
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