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A Syrian boy, Ahmed, mourns the death of his father Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was murdered by a sniper under the orders of Bashar al-Assad, during his funeral in Idlib, north Syria, Thursday, March 8, 2012. [AP]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0lb114GLM1rqxfgxo1_400.jpg)
A Syrian boy, Ahmed, mourns the death of his father Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was murdered by a sniper under the orders of Bashar al-Assad, during his funeral in Idlib, north Syria, Thursday, March 8, 2012. [AP]
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Syria crisis: the violence mapped by the UN
As the Syria crisis spirals, the last remaining international support for President Assad appears to be melting away.
Exactly how bad have things got? The United Nations reports over 8,700 deaths by the end of February in the updated infographic above -available from Reliefweb - which covers deaths by region.
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lumosnox44: Palestinians gather to watch a wide screen relaying live footage of Mahmud Abbas’s speech at the United Nations (AFP, Abbas Momani) (via AFP: Palestinians make historic UN bid)
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The definition of the right of return
Is the right of the Palestinian who was expelled or left the home for any reason in 1948 or at any time thereafter, to return to the homes or land or the house where he lived a normal life before 1948, and this right applies to all Palestinians, whether man or woman, and applies As well as to the descendants of any of them regardless of the actual number and their locations and place of birth and circumstances of the political, social and economic development.
why the right of return is sacred for Palestinians ?
Because of the historic result of their presence in Palestine since time immemorial and their attachment to the homeland, and because it is a legitimate right to them , and because it is a legal right of a fixed, the right of the Palestinians in their homeland .
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Victory Dance’ by Ismail Shammout
Palestinian villagers and firefighters try to extinguish a fire started by Israeli settlers in a field in the Palestinian West Bank village of Burin near Nablus June 30, 2011. (Reuters/AP Photo) Israeli settlements (in which the aforementioned settlers reside) are built on stolen Palestinian land and violate international law. The Fourth Geneva Convention reads:“The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies”SARAH, IT’S BORINE! :(
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