LEBANON: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN A SOUTH LEBANON CAMP SAY THEY WANT A NEW PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT WHO GUARANTEES THE RIGHT OF RETURN

Record ID: 275160

  • Title: LEBANON: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN A SOUTH LEBANON CAMP SAY THEY WANT A NEW PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT WHO GUARANTEES THE RIGHT OF RETURN
  • Date: 8th January 2005
  • Summary: (U7) AEN EL-HILWEH CAMP, SOUTH LEBANON (JANUARY 8, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV CHECKPOINT WITH PALESTINIAN MILITIAMEN 0.06 2. SV POSTER OF ARAFAT AND ABU MAZEN 0.08 3. SLV CHECKPOINT WITH CARS PASSING 0.15 4. SLV THREE WOMEN TALKING IN STREET 0.19 5. CU TWO POSTERS ABOUT RIGHT TO RETURN 0.21 6. SV CHILDREN
  • Embargoed: 23rd January 2005 12:00
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  • Location: AEN EL-HILWEH CAMP, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVA71WVMME6BVXXX203RP3I30TUW
  • Story Text: Palestinian refugees in a south Lebanon camp say
    they want a new Palestinian president who guarantees the
    right of return.




    On the eve of the Palestinian presidential
    elections, refugees in Lebanon's Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian
    camp said that they all support the Palestinian elections
    and they wish they were able to participate in the poll and
    stressed that the elections should be transparent.

    Most of the Ain el-Hilweh residents said they will
    support the new president as long as he protects the rights
    of Palestinians, especially their right to return to their
    homelands.

    An estimated 360,000 Palestinian refugees live across
    12 squalid camps all over Lebanon since they fled their
    homeland at the start of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

    PLO official Khaled Aref stressed that the popular
    support for Fateh will lead Abu Mazen to be elected as
    Arafat's successor.

    "If we want to speak about popular balance of power for
    this candidate or the other we are sure that Abu Mazen will
    win and that he'll not have less than 70% of votes because
    of popular support that Fateh has."
    Palestinians will go to the polls on Sunday 9 January
    to elect a successor to late Palestinian leader Yasser
    Arafat with Israeli promises to ease restrictions in the
    Palestinian territories on the eve of Sunday's landmark presidential
    election.

    Seven candidates are contesting the Palestinian
    presidential elections but interim leader and Fatah
    candidate Mahmoud Abbas is widely tipped to win the
    upcoming election. He is viewed by both Israel and the U.S.

    as a potential partner in a revived peace process






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