For Palestinians without qualifications for vocational schools. UNRWA operates basic literacy and handicrafts courses in everything from cooking. sewing. and carpentry to first aid. There are also courses for blind or handicapped refugees. What of the story. often heard in the West. that most Palestinians really do not want to go home. or have their own state? "The huge adherence to the guerrilla organizations disproves this." says a guerrilla leader. Last year. Professors Peter Dodd and Halim Barakat of the American University of Beiruts sociology department conducted searching case studies of 122 typical refugee families. about 800 people from all walks of life in all. Their research showed that some 64 percent of "old" (1948) and 82 percent of "new" (1967) refugees definitely wished to return. Only 15 percent of old refugees and 2 percent of new refugees did not wish to return. One of the Palestinian mothers questioned replied: "Your country is like your child. You cannot be separated from it for a long time.
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