Displaced persons in focus

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: March 10, 1995| Author: SHLOMO GAZIT | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

03-10-1995

ISRAEL is now considering the line it will take in talks on Palestinians displaced in the Six Day War. The first Israeli-Arab meeting on the issue was held in Amman this week.

Four categories of displaced persons are under consideration:

residents of the territories who fled to the East Bank with the retreating Jordanian army;

residents who moved east of the Jordan River in the second half of 1967. Most of the...

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