UN Slams Israel for Ill-treatment of Palestinians

May 25, 2011 from Press TV

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos spent four days in the occupied territories of East Jerusalem al-Quds and the West Bank. She delivered her findings on Tuesday -- and she was intensely critical of Israeli treatment of Palestinian refugees. Press TV's Hank Flynn reports from New York.

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Palestinian Refugees

Palestine refugees includes Arabs whose normal places of residence were in Israel and Jews who had their homes in Arab Palestine, such as the those from the Jewish quarter of the Old City. Their right of return was recognized in United Nations Resolution 194 of 1948. In the ho... Explore this topic

East Jerusalem

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Valerie Amos

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC is the eighth and current UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she had been British High Commissioner to Australia. She was made a Labour life peer in 1997 an... Explore this topic

Palestinians

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Israeli-occupied territories

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West Bank

The West Bank is a landlocked territory, located in Western Asia. The West Bank shares boundaries to the west, north, and south with the state of Israel, and to the east, across the Jordan River, with the Kingdom of Jordan. The West Bank also contains a significant coastline a... Explore this topic

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

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