Palestinian refugees will not become citizens of a new Palestinian state, according to Palestine’s ambassador to Lebanon.Here is the poster:
From behind a desk topped by a miniature model of Palestine’s hoped-for blue United Nations chair, Ambassador Abdullah Abdullah spoke to The Daily Star Wednesday about Palestine’s upcoming bid for U.N. statehood.
The ambassador unequivocally says that Palestinian refugees would not become citizens of the sought for U.N.-recognized Palestinian state, an issue that has been much discussed. “They are Palestinians, that’s their identity,” he says. “But … they are not automatically citizens.”
This would not only apply to refugees in countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan or the other 132 countries where Abdullah says Palestinians reside. Abdullah said that “even Palestinian refugees who are living in [refugee camps] inside the [Palestinian] state, they are still refugees. They will not be considered citizens.”
Technorati Tag: Palestine and Palestinian Refugees.
And the people responsible for this is the Arab world, western states who fund the PLO, the UNRWA and the Palestinian leaders themselves...
ReplyDeleteThe best friend 'Palestinians' have is Israel... the country they keep trying to erase.
Why are these refugees such a problem?
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they just go back to their homes?
They are a problem because they are not refugees.
ReplyDeleteSymbols, perhaps.
Hostages to a cause--definitely.
But not refugees.