Libya’s Civil War, Arab Refugees, and Palestinian Statehood
Factors similar to those that created the warring parties in Libya today were at play in Israel in 1948. Knowing Libya now should bring some understanding to the Palestinian "refugee" problem.
“How Many Palestinian Arab Refugees Were There?” asks Professor Efraim Karsh in Israel Affairs (April, 2011). The discussion and his work are critical, because they lie at the heart of other pivotal questions: who are the “Palestinian refugees,” and from where did they come?