Ever since Nat Lauriat, the minister of the Unitarian Church of Hartford, Ct., returned from a six month's sabbatical tour of Israel some thirty five years ago I have been interested in the Palestinian refugee problem. At that time I was told that thousands of displaced Palestinians were living in tents after having been evicted from their homes in Israel. Nat added that the Middle East problem would never be solved until this wrong was corrected, and the refugees permitted to return to Israel and their homes.

The war of 1948 to proclaim "The State of Israel" was won decisively by Israel and some 660,000 Palestinian refugees were transferred to the tent city. There they have languished for the past 50 years. Help has come from the United Nations but very little from the wealthy Arab nations in the area. Today the refugees number approximately 5 million and there is no way they can be returned to Israel! Arafat's insistence that they be returned to Israel is impossible! The appended article by FLAME suggests a solution and tells the story more completely. It is worthy of your attention.