Israel’s UN ambassador said, on Thursday, that Palestinians “have no right to return” to their homes, Anadolu Agency reports. ”Let me be clear, there is no right of return. You all know this,” Gilad Erdan told a UN Security Council meeting. “The demand of millions of descendants of refugees returning to obliterate the Jewish people’s right to self-determination and this will never happen.” There are currently 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank as well as neighbouring countries in the Middle East, according to UNRWA, the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The Palestinian ambassador to the UN said that there are more than 700,000 Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. … Continue reading Palestinians ‘have no right of return’ says Israel UN envoy