| Palestinian Emigration
from East Jerusalem: Facts & Figures
Exact data regarding the
number of Palestinian forced to leave the city since June 1967 are not
available. Based on a sample study conducted in 1993, Dr. Bernard Sabela,
political scientist at the Bethlehem University, estimates the numbers
as following:
A total of 49,127 Palestinian
Jerusalemites (31,5% of Jerusalem residents) are currently emigrants living
outside the country or living here outside the municipal boundaries. THIS
FIGURE DOES NOT INCLUDE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS!
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