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People who have been made stateless by military occupation are entitled to repatriation, and then the question is to which state, or to what polity or area? Those who have had their goods taken away are entitled to compensation of some kind. These are basic international laws.

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Judith Butler
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 24
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Cleveland
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Judith Pamela Butler
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