it. Less than 1% of Kaliningrad's population is German today.
6. Until 1941, Poles made up 63% of the population of Lwów (then Poland), where they had lived there since the 14th century. The Soviets expelled 200K Poles between 1944-46 due to shifting borders after WWII. There are fewer than 2,000 Poles in Lviv, Ukraine today.
7. Until 1941, Jews made up 30% of Baghdad’s population, having arrived there 1,000 years before the Arabs. Persecution, starting with the 1941 Farhud pogrom, led to their rapid expulsion and exodus. There are no Jews left in Baghdad.
8. Until 1947, Sikhs made up 20% of the city of Lahore, where they had lived for centuries. Following the Partition of India, nearly all of Lahore's 100,000 Sikhs fled communal violence or were forcibly displaced to India. Today, there are no Sikhs left in Lahore, Pakistan.
9. Until 1948, Jews were 30% of the population of Tripoli, Libya. They arrived in Tripoli before the Romans and Arabs more than 2,300 years ago. Persecution under Italian fascists and then Arab nationalists forced them to flee. There are no more Jews in Tripoli.
10. Until 1974, Greek Cypriots made up 80% of the population of northern Cyprus. Following Turkey’s invasion, 200K Greek Cypriots fled the violence or were expelled, while 50K Turkish Cypriots were displaced from the south. Today, Greeks make up less than 1% of northern Cyprus’
Not only are the Palestinians the only descendants of refugees still embracing violence in pursuit of their claims: they're the only refugees serviced by their very own UN organisation, UNRWA, employing some 30,000 people, which looks after the day-to-day business in Gaza such as education (teaching Jew hatred) while the supposed government, Hamas, gets on with the business of building tunnels and arming themselves for the fight against Israel.
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