Mr. Speaker. two of the tragic consequences of the ArabIsraeli conflict since the 1940s have been the dislocation of thousands of Palestinians who lived in what became Israel after 1948 and the dislocation of thousands of Jews who had lived for centuries throughout the Arab world. The yearly appropriation of funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency provides Congress with a constant reminder of the plight of many Palestinians who continue to live in desperate circumstances in refugee camps in Lebanon. Jordan. Syria. and the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. Less is known in the United States about the plight of the Jewish minorities in the Arab countries for two principal reasons.