Originally Posted by
alfieb
Of course the [Western] Palestinians didn't mind as so long as the land was going to be theirs and the Jews were going to be the minority. However, there had always been a Jewish presence in the area, and with Europe being a place where Jews were completely unwelcome, and uncomfortable living in post-WWII, the increased migration [back] to the Levant was inevitable.
It was all a mess, really. The British, above all others, are to blame... but I don't think the Jordanians or the Egyptians have clean hands, either. Gazans should have Egyptian citizenship, and people from the West Bank should have Jordanian citizenship, but instead they are treated as refugees and treated like animals by their fellow "Arabs".
It's a shame, but I don't see peace in our lifetimes, so for your people that would mean the situation is unlikely to improve.
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