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See how eagerly the Indo-Jewish know-nothings are quick to empathize with Palestinians when so doing doesn't reflect badly on Israel. You are low-life, Solomon -- exploiting people's plight to divert attention from Israel's behavior. Needless to say, there'd be no Palestinian refugees, had Israel not expelled almost 1 million Palestinian from their homes, annexed their properties and confiscated their money and bank accounts. If you care so much about Palestine, Solomon, begin by giving back to them the part of their properties that you've been given by the thuggish, thieving state of Israel.
About the video, it's important to emphasize the following: the restrictions on Palestinian rights is mainly a Lebanese thing. And in Lebanon -- the most liberal country in the Arab world! -- those who most oppose Palestinian rights are the Christians (the most Westernized sect of the country, and also the one with a history of anti-Arab and pro-Israel activism). Muslims, independently of sect, are more accepting of Palestinians (there's polling evidence of that which I can adduce here). Outside of Lebanon, such restrictions are but non-existent. In Jordan, all of the Palestinian refugees of '48 and '67 have been given citizenship -- in fact, most Jordanian citizens nowadays are of Palestinian origin. In Syria, Palestinians have not been given citizenship, but have not faced restrictions in the labor market or in acess to government services either. Same in Iraq, where, under Saddam, Palestinians were not only respected by the government but were a privileged minority as well (something that earned them the resentment of the oppressed Shias).
Lebanon's "exceptionalism" in this respected is due to the country's particular conditions: the confessionalism of its parliamentary system and its very small territory (limited space, resources).
Still, neither in Lebanon or in any other Arab states are Palestinians mobilizing to demand citizenship. By and large, they accept their condition as guests in their host countries.
The Economist says on this matter:
No country in the world is forced to give citizenship to refugees. Jordan only did so because the Hashemite dynasty had in the past some pan-Jordanian ambitions that would see Jordan expanding and taking up lands from neighboring states, including those of the UN-proposed Palestinian state.
If Solomon thinks Arab countries have to shoulder the burden of the refugee crisis that Israel created, why doesn't he ask Israel to accept persecuted Africans in Israel as citizens? Why doesn't he protest Israel's mass deportation of Ethiopians, Eritreans and Sudanese back to countries where they risk being persecuted?
You see, Solomon -- Palestinians themselves don't think it's their Arab brethren's responsibility to absorb them. Stop using their plight for your propagandistic purposes. Arab countries are already poor as they are, suffering from mass youth unemployment, monetary crises and other sorts of economic malaise. They don't need at this moment to tend for an additional amount of poor people. You who think Israel is so much, should instead insist that your country give back to Palestinians what it's stolen from them all these years.
About the video, it's important to emphasize the following: the restrictions on Palestinian rights is mainly a Lebanese thing. And in Lebanon -- the most liberal country in the Arab world! -- those who most oppose Palestinian rights are the Christians (the most Westernized sect of the country, and also the one with a history of anti-Arab and pro-Israel activism). Muslims, independently of sect, are more accepting of Palestinians (there's polling evidence of that which I can adduce here). Outside of Lebanon, such restrictions are but non-existent. In Jordan, all of the Palestinian refugees of '48 and '67 have been given citizenship -- in fact, most Jordanian citizens nowadays are of Palestinian origin. In Syria, Palestinians have not been given citizenship, but have not faced restrictions in the labor market or in acess to government services either. Same in Iraq, where, under Saddam, Palestinians were not only respected by the government but were a privileged minority as well (something that earned them the resentment of the oppressed Shias).
Lebanon's "exceptionalism" in this respected is due to the country's particular conditions: the confessionalism of its parliamentary system and its very small territory (limited space, resources).
Still, neither in Lebanon or in any other Arab states are Palestinians mobilizing to demand citizenship. By and large, they accept their condition as guests in their host countries.
The Economist says on this matter:
[T]he Palestinians, for instance, do not want a new nationality because it would erase their right of return. More than six decades on, grandchildren proudly display the keys to their families former houses.
No country in the world is forced to give citizenship to refugees. Jordan only did so because the Hashemite dynasty had in the past some pan-Jordanian ambitions that would see Jordan expanding and taking up lands from neighboring states, including those of the UN-proposed Palestinian state.
If Solomon thinks Arab countries have to shoulder the burden of the refugee crisis that Israel created, why doesn't he ask Israel to accept persecuted Africans in Israel as citizens? Why doesn't he protest Israel's mass deportation of Ethiopians, Eritreans and Sudanese back to countries where they risk being persecuted?
You see, Solomon -- Palestinians themselves don't think it's their Arab brethren's responsibility to absorb them. Stop using their plight for your propagandistic purposes. Arab countries are already poor as they are, suffering from mass youth unemployment, monetary crises and other sorts of economic malaise. They don't need at this moment to tend for an additional amount of poor people. You who think Israel is so much, should instead insist that your country give back to Palestinians what it's stolen from them all these years.