Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: The Worst Argument Against The Apartheid Analogy [View all]Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)After all, the official reason that the UNRWA and the Arab League has always opposed granting Palestinian refugees and their children citizenship (or even just decent, permanent housing aside from refugee camps), was that it would rob them of the desire to fight for the right of return to Israel. It's never been about the best interests of the Palestinians. Rather it specifically sold those interests in favor of using them as political leverage.
Of course there's a logical flaw in that they're arguing for a RoR for people who were never actually Israeli, based on the fact that they or their forebearers once lived on the land that became Israel. Yet somehow being born in and living in Lebanon for decades grants them no rights there whatsoever.
Regardless, why would a Palestinian state solve anything for these poor people? Do you really think it'd take them in?