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UW-Madison grad students share views on Palestine-Israel conflict

Mohammed Abed cannot visit his grandfather�s house.

His family was expelled from Palestine in 1949 after much of their homeland was designated to become the state of Israel in 1948. His family settled in a refugee camp in Lebanon. ââ?¬Å?For many years, Palestinians have cried out to the world that we were ethnically cleansed from our land,ââ?¬Â Abed said. ââ?¬Å?Nobody believed them.ââ?¬Â