Refugees

In his recent visit to Italy Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi offered those to where expelled from Libya to be able to return. Expelled Jewish Italians, even though not specifically mentioned, were part of those allowed to return. One of the central issues preventing an Israeli-Palestinian agreement is the problem of the Palestinian refugees; those who fled their house during the War of Independence or those who were ‘expelled’ by Israel, must be allowed to return, so say the Palestinian leadership. Kaddafi’s move brought to my mind a dangerous prospect; what if other Arab countries respond in the same way and proclaim that Jewish refugees to return to their homes in those countries; would they ask in exchange for Israel to do the same? . I hope their pride and ‘hatred’ towards the Jews would prevent them from this move that would entail ‘reciprocity’ from Israel and thus, its demographic destruction.