The way I see it a Palestinian right of return means helping the descendants of the victims of a crime by punishing the descendants of those who committed it. And I'm not sure why the Polish/German or Polish/Ukrainian cases are false analogies.

Most of my relatives living in Israel fled Uzbekistan and Tajikistan during post-Communist violence that engufled both countries, after having received threats. My uncle living in New York abandoned his house just so that he could move away from that mess. As I am sure you are aware, no compensation ever was or ever will be offered to him. Nor would he want any. The new country has absorbed him into the society and made him a citizen with rights and responsibilities, and a voice. Purely anecdotal evidence here, but I bet you this is what has happened to the majority of the Israeli population. We are not splitting hairs here, the issue of compensation and right of return for Palestinians is no different than anyone else in any other part of the world.

Mikhail from SF