Well said. But a couple of quibbles. Jordan did take in Palestinian refugees who now live comfortably in houses in a suburb of Amman. I understand that Palestinians who are citizens of Israel enjoy the same rights as Jewish citizens of Israel. They have their own political party, have seats in the Knesset and indeed serve in the military and the judiciary. So there is no ‘apartheid’ as is claimed. As for Palestinians who come from Gaza or the West Bank they are understandably subject to searches for guns, explosives etc. And why not? There have been terrorist attacks in Israeli cities. As for the ‘stolen land’ canard Israel was created by the UN. If anyone doesn’t like that decision take it up with the UN. There have been many displacements of people from various countries over the years the most significant one being the expulsion of Hindus by the newly created Muslim country of Pakistan. But the displaced Hindus are not perpetual refugees and mendicants. They got on with their lives.
Well said. But a couple of quibbles. Jordan did take in Palestinian refugees who now live comfortably in houses in a suburb of Amman. I understand that Palestinians who are citizens of Israel enjoy the same rights as Jewish citizens of Israel. They have their own political party, have seats in the Knesset and indeed serve in the military and the judiciary. So there is no ‘apartheid’ as is claimed. As for Palestinians who come from Gaza or the West Bank they are understandably subject to searches for guns, explosives etc. And why not? There have been terrorist attacks in Israeli cities. As for the ‘stolen land’ canard Israel was created by the UN. If anyone doesn’t like that decision take it up with the UN. There have been many displacements of people from various countries over the years the most significant one being the expulsion of Hindus by the newly created Muslim country of Pakistan. But the displaced Hindus are not perpetual refugees and mendicants. They got on with their lives.
Subject to what Robert Taylor has stated below (I completely agree with him), you have provided a wise and fair analysis of the situation, Tim.