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by YZF 760 days ago
Do Germans that were expelled from the Sudettes have a right to return? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudeten_Germans

Does this make the Czech Republic an Apartheid state?

Is Russia an Apartheid state? Can Ukranian refugees return to their homes? What about the millions of other refugees from random places?

There is zero connection between the right of return (which does not exist, refugees have no right to return after they lost a war) and Apartheid.

It's not "Hasbara" (which means explaining in Hebrew, so yes, I'm explaining). It's just common sense.

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> Do Germans that were expelled from the Sudettes have a right to return?

With both the Cezchs and the Germans being in the EU, they very much do, yes.

> Is Russia an Apartheid state?

Sure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagestan, etc. are explicitly set up as ethnostates within Russia.

>which does not exist, refugees have no right to return after they lost a war

Really? The entire point of the Aliyah for return to Israel is that they lost against Romans, and they expelled them. Or is it selective injustice to the Palestinians?