Palestinian refugees

Turmoil in the Middle East

Sir, – Kenneth Harper, without a hint of irony, writes how “Unwra classes them as refugees [Palestinians in Jordan] and teaches them that they have a right of return to a country they or their parents have never known” (Letters, February 3rd). Perhaps Mr Harper could enlighten us, therefore, by what right did Jewish refugees have to settle the land of Palestine in the mid 20th century? – Is mise,

TOMAS McBRIDE,

Letterkenny,

Co Donegal.