
The annual "Palestinian Diaspora in Europe" conference was held on Saturday in Berlin, in a call for the return of "Palestinian refugees" - namely the descendants of the roughly 800,000 Arab residents of Israel who left in 1948 as the surrounding Arab states launched a war to wipe out the fledgling state.
At the conclusion of the conference, an announcement summarizing the event was published which emphasized the fundamental principles that unite the "Palestinian nation."
According to the announcement, the "right of return" for the descendants to their land and homes in "Palestine" will be valid for all eternity, it is not subject to negotiation, and is both a group and personal "right" that cannot be cancelled.
The conference also vowed that the "Palestinian nation" will continue its legitimate struggle to fulfill its "right of return," and will not agree to any deal of any sort at the expense of its fundamental values, prime among them the return of Palestinian Arabs and their descendants.
The laws of the Palestinian Authority (PA) government forbids Palestinian Arabs anywhere from giving up on their "right of return," deeming those who do so to be traitors.
Regarding "Palestinian refugees," there is a separate UN body - UNRWA - which is tasked with managing them, as opposed to UNHRC which deals with all other refugees around the world.
Only those treated by UNRWA "inherit" refugee status infinitely, and are not integrated and naturalized into their host state, meaning the "refugee" issue is held in perpetuation. Currently the UNRWA says there are roughly 5 million "Palestinian refugees."
No UN organization was established to aid the 850,000 Jewish refugees who fled or were expelled from Arab countries following 1948, losing their property and possessions. Some communities, such as the Jewish community in Yemen, had been there for thousands of years.