Salman Abu Sitta is best known for his work in geographically situating the Palestinian cause and how a practical Right of Return would restore the Palestinian people to their lands and homes.

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Professor Salman H. Abu-Sitta of the London-based Palestine Land Society gives a personal account of how he became a refugee in Palestine in 1948. Using data from his research, Abu-Sitta shows how over 600 Palestinian villages were systematically depopulated by the advancing Israeli forces, leaving many others dismembered by an arbitrary cease-fire line. With maps and demographic statistics, Abu-Sitta shows that, in effect, Zionist policies were an ethnic cleasing campaign that resulted in a massive transfer of native Palestinians to the countries bordering Israel, where thousands remain within 100 miles from their original communities. Producer: Ed Sweed (from 2006)

"Mapping Palestine: For its Survival and Destruction" with Dr. Salman Abu Sitta. Dr. Abu Sitta discusses his new atlas which spans from 1917-1966 and includes 700 pages of detailed information from British Mandate era Palestine through the Nakba and beyond. (from 2013)

PYM: From Nakba To Return: The Ongoing Struggle for Palestinian Liberation - Dr Salman Abu Sitta feature (from 2020)

Sitta is on twitter @salman_sitta

(unfeatured) Transcript for Palestine: Reversing Ethnic Cleansing lecture found here

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