Editing Palestinian refugees (section)

==Definitions==
{{see also|Definitions of Palestinian}}

===UNRWA===
[[File:Palestinian refugees in 1956.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Palestinian refugees in [[Aida (camp)|Aida Refugee Camp]], [[Bethlehem]], 1956]]

The [[United Nations Relief and Works Agency]] (UNRWA) is an organ of the [[United Nations]] created exclusively for the purpose of aiding those displaced by the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]], with an annual budget of approximately $600 million.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2012|ps=: Today, UNRWA's annual budget stands at approximately $600 million, ...}}</ref> It defines a "Palestine refugee" as a person "whose normal place of residence was [[Mandatory Palestine]] between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli conflict".{{sfn|''UNRWA''}} The [[Six-Day War]] of 1967 generated a new wave of Palestinian refugees who could not be included in the original UNRWA definition. From 1991, the UN General Assembly has adopted an annual resolution allowing the 1967 refugees within the UNRWA mandate.<ref>Based on [https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/MFADocuments/Yearbook8/Pages/252%20%20General%20Assembly%20Resolution%2046-46-%20UNRWA-%209%20D.aspx UNGA Resolution 46/46 C of 9 December 1991].</ref> UNRWA aids all "those living in its area of operations who meet its working definition, who are registered with the Agency and who need assistance"<ref>{{harvnb|''UNRWA''|ps=: UNRWA services are available to all those living in its area of operations who meet this definition, who are registered with the Agency and who need assistance.}}</ref> and those who first became refugees as a result of the Six-Day War, regardless whether they reside in areas designated as [[Palestine refugee camps]] or in other permanent communities.

A Palestine refugee camp is "a plot of land placed at the disposal of UNRWA by the host government to accommodate Palestine refugees and to set up facilities to cater to their needs".<ref>{{harvnb|''UNRWA''|ps=: A Palestine refugee camp is defined as a plot of land placed at the disposal of UNRWA by the host government to accommodate Palestine refugees and set up facilities to cater to their needs.}}</ref> About 1.4 million of registered Palestine refugees, approximately one-third, live in the 58 UNRWA-recognised refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.<ref name="unwra12" /> The UNRWA definition does not cover final status.<ref name="unwra12">{{cite web|title=Who are Palestine refugees?|url=http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=86|work=Palestine refugees|publisher=United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees|access-date=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="f">{{cite web|url=http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=87|title=UNRWA's Frequently Asked Questions under "Who is a Palestine refugee?"|publisher=United Nations|access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref>

Registered descendants of UNRWA Palestine refugees, like "[[Nansen passport]]" and "Certificate of Eligibility" holders (the documents issued to those displaced by World War II) or like UNHCR refugees,<ref>http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/3ae6b3314.pdf "Thus, a holder of a so-called 'Nansen Passport' or a 'Certificate of Eligibility' issued by the International Refugee Organization must be considered a refugee under the 1951 Convention unless one of the cessation clauses has become applicable to his case or he is excluded from the application of the Convention by one of the exclusion clauses. This also applies to a surviving child of a statutory refugee."</ref> inherit the same Palestine refugee status as their male parent. According to UNRWA, "The descendants of Palestine refugee males, including adopted children, are also eligible for registration."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unrwa.org/palestine-refugees|title=Palestine refugees|website=UNRWA}}</ref>

The [[UNHCR]] had counted 90,000 refugees by 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unhcr.org/statisticalyearbook/2014-annex-tables.zip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216135252/https://www.unhcr.org/statisticalyearbook/2014-annex-tables.zip|url-status=dead|title=2014 Annex Tables|archive-date=16 December 2015|website=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees}}</ref>

===Palestinian definitions===
Palestinians make several distinctions relating to Palestinian refugees. The 1948 refugees and their descendants are broadly defined as "refugees" (''laji'un''). The [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO), especially those who have returned and form part of the [[Palestinian National Authority|PNA]], but also Palestinian refugee camp residents in Lebanon, repudiate this term, since it implies being a passive victim, and prefer the [[Exonym and endonym|autonym]] of 'returnees' (''a'idun'').<ref>Helena Lindholm Schulz, with Juliane Hammer, ''The Palestinian Diaspora: Formation of Identities and Politics of Homeland'', Psychology Press reprint 2003 p. 130.</ref> Those who left since 1967, and their descendants, are called ''nazihun'' or "displaced persons", though many may also descend from the 1948 group.{{sfn|Chiller-Glaus|2007|p=82|ps=: Those exiled during or since 1967 are with their offspring known as "displaced persons" (nazihun) – although a high proportion of them are 1948 refugees}}