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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,033 posts) Mon Nov 13, 2023, 10:26 PM Nov 2023

Why The Middle East Won't Accept Palestinian Refugees

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Why The Middle East Won't Accept Palestinian Refugees (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 OP

the important issue is why are they refugees in the first place. is israel accepting any of them? nt msongs Nov 2023 #1

My guess is because those who rebelled against Israel were expelled. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 #4

Palestinians enid602 Nov 2023 #5

They are Palestinians N/T Big Blue Marble Nov 2023 #6

Arabs enid602 Nov 2023 #8

Actually, they have to walk a fine line so they do not get branded terrorists Big Blue Marble Nov 2023 #7

This video does not tell you that there are currently over 2 million Palestinian refugees Big Blue Marble Nov 2023 #2

Only two states in the Middle East have Palestinians as citizens. Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #3

msongs

(67,414 posts)

1. the important issue is why are they refugees in the first place. is israel accepting any of them? nt

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 13, 2023, 10:37 PM

Nov 2023

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,033 posts)

4. My guess is because those who rebelled against Israel were expelled.

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 13, 2023, 11:27 PM

Nov 2023

There are Palestinians who still live there. Some are members of the Israeli Parliament.

The Dome of the Rock is still a mosque in spite of the site's significance in Judaism.

On the other hand many of the Israeli Palestinians have to walk a fine line so they don't get branded as traitors by their fellow Muslims.

enid602

(8,620 posts)

5. Palestinians

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 13, 2023, 11:50 PM

Nov 2023

Only Israeli citizens can serve in the Knesset. Palestinians living in West Bank and Gaza have no rights. 20% of Israeli citizens are ‘Arab,’ but I’m not sure if they’re Palestinians. There are 10 Arabs serving in the Knesset.

Big Blue Marble

(5,093 posts)

6. They are Palestinians N/T

Reply to enid602 (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 14, 2023, 12:28 AM

Nov 2023

enid602

(8,620 posts)

8. Arabs

Reply to Big Blue Marble (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 14, 2023, 05:59 AM

Nov 2023

I looked it up. They are Druze, Arab Christians, Palestinians, bedouins and other Arabs. 277000 of them are Palestinians who live in East Jerusalem, which is contingent to the West Bank.

Big Blue Marble

(5,093 posts)

7. Actually, they have to walk a fine line so they do not get branded terrorists

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 14, 2023, 12:30 AM

Nov 2023

and lose their citizenship and be forced out of Israel with no place to go.

Big Blue Marble

(5,093 posts)

2. This video does not tell you that there are currently over 2 million Palestinian refugees

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 13, 2023, 10:43 PM

Nov 2023

living peacefully in Jordan at this time. It presents only a partial truth which paints Palestinians
as trouble makers and terrorists, indeed somewhat racist portrayal implying that Palestinians are
undesirables.

Also up to over 400, 000 living quietly in Lebanon at this time..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians_in_Jordan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians_in_Lebanon

Beastly Boy

(9,375 posts)

3. Only two states in the Middle East have Palestinians as citizens.

Reply to Big Blue Marble (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 13, 2023, 11:23 PM

Nov 2023

About 2 million are Jordanian citizens, and about 2 million are Israeli citizens.

No other Arab country attempted to integrate Palestinians. In Lebanon, for example, they are stateless, having no ID cards, ineligible for any government benefits or permanent work permits.

And the Arab countries that expelled their Palestinian populations at one time or another are mentioned in the OP video link.

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