Introduction: Countering the Nakba (The Arab-Israeli War) (Critical Essay‪)‬

"Refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and ... compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property.... made good by the Governments or authorities responsible." UN Resolution 194 passed in December, 1948 MidEast Web Historical Documents. www.mideastweb.org/194.htm "Although the two regimes are different, Israel's laws and practices in the OPT certainly resemble aspects of apartheid, [...] and probably fall within the scope of the 1973 International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid." John Dugard, UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, compares Israel to South Africa. Report Electronic Intifada. 27 February 2007.