Reminders of Exiled Palestinians Nearly Gone
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
During the Israeli war of independence, thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from their villages in what is today the state of Israel. In the shadows of the ruins of the Arab villages, Jewish immigrants have created a new nation, and built new lives free from persecution. VOA's Luis Ramirez visited the site of what used to be the Arab village of Taitaba in the northern Galilee, and has the story of one Jewish family that has found the Promised Land in the midst of the ruins.