Senate Appropriations Committee approves change in definition of 'Palestinian refugees'

The United States Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a change to the way that 'Palestinian refugees' are defined. The change, which was initiated by Senator Mark Kirk (R-Il), would limit 'refugees' to the actual number still alive who left Israeli territory in 1948-49. That amounts to about 30,000 people as compared with the UNRWA count of 5,000,000. This enormous disparity is explained