Preface / Elaine C. Hagopian -- Introduction : the right of return at last / Edward W. Said -- The right to expel : the Bible and ethnic cleansing / Michael Prior -- The historical roots of the Palestinian refugee question / Nur Masalha -- Israeli perceptions of the refugee question / Ilan Pappe -- The United States and the refugee question / Noam Chomsky -- The European Union and the refugee question / Alain Gresh -- The Palestinian Liberation Organization : from the right of return to Bantustan / Jaber Suleiman -- Return or permanent exile? / Joseph Massad -- The obligations of host countries to refugees under international law : the case of Lebanon / Wadie Said -- Meeting the needs of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon / Nahla Ghandour -- Reinterpreting Palestinian refugee rights under international law / Susan Akram -- The right of return : sacred, legal and possible / Salman Abu-Sitta -- Deconstructing the link : Palestinian refugees and Jewish immigrants from Arab countries / Jan Abu Shakrah -- Valuing Palestinian losses in today's dollars / Atif Kubursi -- A programme for an independent rights campaign / Ingrid Jaradat Gassner -- Towards convening a congress of return and self-determination / Naseer Aruri -- Lessons of Holocaust compensation / Norman G. Finkelstein