At a Foreign Ministry conference on "Jewish refugees from Arab<br />nations," Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon urged the Arab world to<br />recognize its historic responsibility for displacing Jews who once<br />lived in Arab nations and making them de-facto refugees. Ayalon said<br />that 50% of Israelis are refugees and descendants of refugees from<br />those Arab nations. He added that Israel will insist that Palestinian<br />refugees be absorbed in the future Palestinian state-- the same way<br />Jewish refugees were absorbed in the State of Israel.
