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Palestinian presence in Lebanon 'temporary'
2005-02-03
Anything less than eternal is temporary, I suppose...
Mohammed Zohdi Nashashibi, member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) executive committee, said on Wednesday the Palestinian presence in Lebanon was temporary and that the PLO will never relinquish the Palestinians' right to return to their homeland.
Which, I suppose is a reasonable stance, given that the Lebanese will never, ever allow them to become integrated into their country...
Nashashibi indicated that Palestinian weapons in refugee camps in Lebanon will remain as "a legal means of self-defense," stressing that "those who passed Security Council Resolution 1559 should pressure Israel instead into stopping its attacks on Palestinians," rather than demanding a disarmament of militias.
In other words, they're going to remain an uncontrolled and uncontrollable armed camp occupying a sovreign country and refusing to abide by its laws, while at least talking about carrying out attacks on another sovreign country...
He made the comment during a visit to the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, Lebanon's largest, hosting 75,000 refugees in a space of 2 square kilometers, when he was inquiring about the status of refugees in Lebanese camps and trying to consolidate a dialogue between Palestinians and between Palestinians and Lebanese people. Palestinian sources familiar with the issue said the visit is a complementary step to a previous visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei. The visit also took place in order to clarify to concerned officials, the circumstances of the upcoming meeting between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and to discuss the possible "mitigation" of the situation in Palestine.
Posted by:Fred

#8  The Arab League has acted against the Palestinian's interests from the begining.

But Al-Watan Arabic daily reported that the naturalization law would not be applicable to Palestinians living in the Kingdom as the Arab League has instructed that Palestinians living in Arab countries should not be given citizenship to avoid dissolution of their identity and protect their right to return to their homeland.
Posted by: Glaque Omuck7579   2005-02-03 3:09:20 PM  

#7  send them to? Nobody wants them
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-03 2:47:07 PM  

#6  Why can't they just be asked to leave?
Just ask anyone honestly they are nothing but trouble. Send them away minus their weapons and bulldoze the camps.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-02-03 2:41:19 PM  

#5  The Kurds aren't Arabs, but once they ruled...remember Saladin?

The Palestinians, on the other hand, are everyone's ill-mannered poor relations: originally they had migrated to British Palestine for the jobs that resulted when the Jews developed the economy (anyone who arrived by 1945 is entitled to call himself a Palestinian). When the surrounding Arab countries were about to invade in 1948, they called on the locals to leave, so that they would have a clear field of maneuver, with the promise that the locals could come back after and take over the Jews' houses and possessions. But it didn't happen that way, so the temporary charity guests became permanent. On the one hand a reminder of the failure to drive the Jews into the Mediterranean Sea, on the other a permanent source of political capital and cannon fodder. Hence the refusal of the Arab countries to allow the Palestinians to settle permanently anywhere. They remain officially Stateless, and I believe carry U.N. passports.

In a case of very mistaken judgment, the Palestinians have been inculcated from the get-go with the idea that they would soon return in violent triumph to their homes. Thus the summer training camps for the children, and so on. While this does make them eminently suitable for cannon fodder, it makes them equally unsuited for living among people. Thus the ungovernable armed chaos in the now-permanent refugee camps.

I hope this helps, Rightwing.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-03 12:43:19 PM  

#4  Somebody please explain to me why such hatred in the Arab world of Palestinins and Kurds. They are all Muslims and it's Hallal for Muslims to kill other Muslims. I'm sure the answer isn't in todays sociopolitical situation but any rants are welcome.
Posted by: Rightwing   2005-02-03 10:21:39 AM  

#3  Not even the West Bank or Gaza Paleos will want these lawless (even by Paleo standards) assholes as neighbors and competitors. They are destined to die in the camps by their own hands
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-03 9:44:13 AM  

#2  the Lebanese will never, ever allow them to become integrated into their country
And rightly so Fred. Nobody likes the Paleos, certainly not their "brother" Arabs who only need them to kill Joooos.
Posted by: Spot   2005-02-03 8:56:15 AM  

#1  "Anything less than eternal is temporary, I suppose..."

Lol! You're more "flexible" than I am, lol!
Posted by: .com   2005-02-03 12:59:01 AM  

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