75 years later, Israel Blocking Palestinian Refugees’ Return

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Palestinian children return from school to their homes in the Jabalia Refugee Camp on the 74th Anniversary of Nakba Day in the northern Gaza Strip, May 15, 2022. © 2022 Mahmoud Issa/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo From the morgues of Cairo to the cells of Guantanamo, I’ve seen a lot of anguish and cruelty in my human rights work over the years. But often more than blood spilled, it’s the lives stunted, solely because of a person’s identity, that hits the hardest. I had one such moment visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon several years ago. Meeting kids…

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