The only victory they could claim is if the Arab refugees were transfered to Arab countries to complete the population exchange that began in 1948.
‘Bush Aware of Jewish Refugees’
(IsraelNN.com) A “senior diplomatic source” quoted in the Jerusalem Post said Tuesday that United States President George Bush is “very conscious” of the history of Jewish refugees who fled Arab persecution beginning in the 1940s. The official said the Jewish refugees situation was “parallel” to that of Arabs who fled Israeli during the 1947-1948 war, and that the solution to the Arabs’ problem was to become citizens in a state called “Palestine,” to be established by the Palestinian Authority.
Israeli officials said the diplomat’s statements showed that Israel’s efforts to raise awareness of the Jewish refugees from Arab lands were paying off. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni have both mentioned the Jewish refugee issue with foreign diplomats, they said.