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Abbas urges UN to bring Syria’s Palestinian refugees home

Israel Materials 19 December 2012 14:39 (UTC +04:00)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday appealed to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to help Palestinian refugees under fire in Syria relocate to the Palestinian territories, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.
Abbas urges UN to bring Syria’s Palestinian refugees home

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday appealed to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to help Palestinian refugees under fire in Syria relocate to the Palestinian territories, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

The call came after two days of Syrian army shelling of Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus, dpa reported.

Israel, which controls the borders of and occupies the Palestinian territories, is not expected to agree to the return of any mass number of refugees to either the West Bank or Gaza.

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