  Palestinian refugee Mahmud Obied, 112, from the Dheisheh refugee camp holds the key of his former house near a huge 10-metre long iron key displayed at a workshop in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The key will join a giant 12- metre lock which together will stand as a symbol of the Palestinian refugee's Right of Return following the displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the creation of Israel on 15 May, 1948. The refugee institutions also hope that the key may make it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest key; Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (left); Israeli President Shimon Peres (centre) and Israeli Minister of Defence Ehud Barak (photos: AFP) parent page (15 - 21 May 2008, issue #897) |