Democratic Palestine : 1 (ص 16)
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US “Contribution”
In the context of the resettlement
project, it is interesting to note that a
US State Department delegation
recently visited ‘Israel’ and suggested
projects to develop the West Bank and
Gaza Strip with $1.5 million. The US
help improve the conditions of the
Palestinians. In fact, it would be
for ‘resolving’ the issue of the occupied
not only significant in financial terms,
but politically as well.
ships of their daily lives, rendering
them more vulnerable to resettlement.
Israeli coordination with UNRWA has
become clear in the past year. Since
the 1982 war in Lebanon, UNRWA has
decreased the number of its Pal-
estinian employees. More pressure is
exerted on UNRWA schools, whereby
students accused of resisting the oc-
cupation are expelled on orders from
the military authorities. Services to the
refugees have been decreased or
suspended, mainly health care and
drinking water.
3. Procuring the funds to imple-
ment this project. ‘Israel’ does not
possess the required finances. Thus,
after unveiling his resettlement plan,
Ben Porat contacted US officials and
US Zionist organizations to cover the
expenses for the plan. He is reported
to have received huge amounts of
money for this purpose. On Nov. 6th,
Binyamin Ben Elezer, an Israeli gene-
ral who is coordinator of the military
government’s activities in the
occupied territories, told Jerusalem
Post that ‘Israel’ proposed to a US
delegation a project to resettle 250,000
Palestinian refugees in the West Bank
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claims that this aid is humanitarian, to _
geared to strengthen the hand of so- |
called moderate elements, who might _
be prone to cooperate with US plans —
territories. Therefore, the US role is |
and Gaza Strip. The expenses would
come to about $1.5 million.
4. Generating international support
for resettlement. To this end, a
campaign will be waged to convince
international public opinion that with
this project; ‘Israel’ aims to improve
the plight of the refugees, and not, as
the Arab governments, deliberately
maintain the camps for their own inte-
rests. Furthermore, such a campaign
aims to create an_ international
atmosphere conducive to finding an
overall solution to the Palestinian
question as a problem of refugees,
thus sidestepping the establishment of
a Palestinian political entity.
The Zionist state is determined to
implement this project. Like previous
resettlement plans, the ultimate goal is
to have the refugees living in
permanent shelters within confined
areas and under the sole jurisdiction of
the Israeli authorities. While previous
plans (see next article) have aimed to
accomodate the refugees through
economic projects, while preserving
traditional social relations and involv-
ing the Arab governments’ particip-
ation, Ben Porat’s project aims to
resettle Palestinians without establish-
ing an economic base for them. This is
consistent with Israeli policy for
subordinating the Palestinians under
occupation to the Israeli economy.
Ben. Porat’s project comes as part of
the overall Zionist plan, whereby the
Palestinians of the 1967 occupied
territories are to be surrounded and
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REFUGEE CAMPS
SETTLEMENTS A. Jabalia 45,000
B. Shate’ (Beach) 35,000
1 Alai Sinai C. Nuseirat 23,000
2 Nevets Sala D. Bureij 14,000
3 Nisanit E. Mughazi 9,000
4 Netzarim F. Deir al-Balah 9,000
4a kibbutz G. Amal (Khan Yunis) 30,000
5 Kfar Darom (college) H. Rafah 44,000
6 Katif
7 Netzer Hazani (168,000 refugees not in camps)
8 Genai Tal
9 Neve Dekalim REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CAMPS
10 Gadid AA. Hai Sheikh Radwan
11 Gan Or BB. Brazil
12 Mitzpe Otmonah CC. Canada
13 Bedolah DD. Swedish
14 Morag EE. Tel al-Sultan - هو جزء من
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