We sat and wept when we remembered Babylon

Exile is no longer a strictly Palestinian sentiment today, as a growing number of Sephardi Jews in Israel brand themselves as refugees and even claim a right of return.

By Khaled Diab | 18:05 20.08.12 |

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The United States House of Representatives is now considering a bipartisan bill, submitted last month, that would effectively equate the plight of the Palestinian refugees with that of Jews whose origins were in Middle Eastern countries.

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We sat and wept when we remembered Babylon

Exile is no longer a strictly Palestinian sentiment today, as a growing number of Sephardi Jews in Israel brand themselves as refugees and even claim a right of return.

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