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Ever wonder why Palestinians are still refugees after fleeing Israel so Arab armies could destroy Israel in 1948?
The following is an excerpt from an Amnesty International report released in June of 2006:

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Discrimination against Palestinian refugee children is one aspect of the long-standing discrimination and abuses of fundamental economic and social rights of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. In relation to employment, Palestinian refugees have restricted access to work opportunities and diminished protection of their rights at work. A law regulating property ownership is formulated in such a way as to ban Palestinian refugees specifically from owning property. Furthermore, the Lebanese authorities prohibit the entry of any building or maintenance material to camps in the south of Lebanon. The CRC stated that “it continues to be deeply concerned about the harsh social and economic living conditions of Palestinian refugee children in refugee camps, their limited access to public services, including social and health services and education, and exposure to violence at home, in schools and in the wider community.”

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Imagine that! This will take you to the report.

Amnesty International also has another report on civilian deaths resulting from combat actions, seemingly to draw a moral equivalence between IDF actions and Hezbollah rocket attacks on cities. I guess the Leftist bias shines through. Here is the cogent point:

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The Fourth Geneva Convention, prohibits "collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism …" (Article 33). According to Article 147 of the Convention, "extensive destruction ... not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly," hostage-taking and "torture or inhuman treatment" are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and constitute war crimes. All state parties to the Convention are required to search for and ensure the prosecution of perpetrators of grave breaches of the said Convention

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I will also remind you that IDF dropped leaflets prior to their action to warn civilians away from Hezbollah positions. I would respect Amnesty International if they recognized the barbarity of Hezbollah. As it stands now, I would check, recheck, and confirm the data released by this from independent sources.