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Lebanese Army and Palestinian

camp: He jumped from the car and fled into the nearby Palestinian refugee camp, where the Lebanese army has no authority, according to Brandon Sun. But it was not long afterward that Dawoud, who once admired the radical groups that have sprouted in the camps in Lebanon, decided he was tired of running. Then 17, the Palestinian didn't wait for the soldier to find the weapons hidden in the trunk. That same year, in 2007, he surrendered to authorities and spent 14 hard months in jail. On Monday, Palestinians mark 69 years since hundreds of thousands of them were forced from their homes during the 1948 war that led to the creation of Israel. Although he was released without a conviction, he couldn't erase the biggest strike against him As a Palestinian in Lebanon, he is a stateless, second-class resident in the only country where he's ever lived. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.