Jaffa is a coastal town. There were many people of different backgrounds living in the coastal areas. Carol, you are quite correct and my statement was in error.
If "making the desert bloom" is offensive to the Palestinians, one has to wonder why. Could it be because the Jewish immigrants took land that the Palestinians had done nothing with and made it productive? Or is there some other reason?
Kevin, if the "Right of Return" were extended to everyone then the descendents of the Scots who fled after the '45 and the Highland Clearances would surely have a field day reclaiming their ancestral lands to say nothing of the Irish who left during the Potato Famine.
The mind boggles.

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