Israel to UN: Uprooted Jews should be seen as refugees

UNITED NATIONS - Israel wants the United Nations to recognize as refugees hundreds of thousands of Jews who fled Arab and Muslim countries in the last century, its U.N. envoy said Tuesday.   Ambassador Danny Danon told the U.N. General Assembly that he plans to propose a resolution about what he called "the 'forgotten' Jewish refugees."   "We don't hear the international community speak of them when they discuss the refugees of the conflict, perhaps because it doesn't serve the Palestinian narrative," Danon said, accusing the international community of taking a one-sided approach to refugees and other aspects of the conflict.   He didn't detail his pl...

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