Intifada Palestine

Dr. Franklin Lamb
Palestinian refugees born in Lebanon, are stateless and unprotected, brought up in the misery and hopelessness of a Lebanese Palestinian refugee camp. ,They have no civil or political rights in Lebanon, are barred from working in over 70 professions, cannot own or inherit property, subject to I.D. checks every time they enters or exits the camp, and has no access to public health care or public education.

ShareBy: Franklin Lamb Camp Notes: Sliding toward more Nahr el Bareds? September 17, 2009 Martyr’s Square, Shatila Camp “Our lives in Palestinian Refugee camps, now 27 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila, sometimes becomes nearly impossible to endure. Circumstances may change for the worse, our livelihoods diminish, our Zionist occupiers become more cruel and violent, [...]

Share By:  Franklin Lamb Shafiq al Hout was forced to flee Jaffa in 1948 May he forever rest in peace… I sat with Shafiq not long ago and had no idea he was ill. Since we first met in (when else?) 1982,  I have always tried to read what he wrote.  The only reason I [...]

Share Franklin Lamb writes from Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp, Bekaa Valley, on what Lebanon’s Palestinian refugees, over a tenth of the country’s population, require from Lebanon’s June 7th Election, as well as how Hezbollah, major Lebanese Party Platforms and US foreign policy weigh in. By Franklin Lamb Part I: Will the Political Parties Honor their [...]