As those of you who read this column know, I’ve spent the last several months recovering from an acute health crisis which led to me nearly dying. Once I was able to write again, I chose the subjects of my columns well in advance to give myself more than ample time to write and edit them. Thus, I have not responded immediately to the events unfolding in the Middle East but have been observing everything carefully when I do my daily news survey and reflecting more deeply than an instantaneous column on breaking news allows.
Why does no one, including you, ever suggest that the extremely large Arab countries take in the Palestinians and give them citizenship and a new life in their countries? Israel did this numerous times throughout the world for Jewish refugees! At this point I doubt that the majority of Palestinians are attached to that hell hole as you called it. There are at least 2 reasons, and likely many more. 1) The Palestinians are useful to the dictatorships and kingdoms surrounding them to distract their own citizens from the immense wealth of their rulers 2) These same countries regard the Palestinians as troublemakers and want nothing to do with them. Israel returned a large piece of land to Egypt in return for peace. Why weren’t the Palestinians resettled there? Egypt could open the gate to their country and let in at least some of the Palestinians and hasn’t. It’s barely allowing humanitarian aid in!
Why does no one, including you, ever suggest that the extremely large Arab countries take in the Palestinians and give them citizenship and a new life in their countries? Israel did this numerous times throughout the world for Jewish refugees! At this point I doubt that the majority of Palestinians are attached to that hell hole as you called it. There are at least 2 reasons, and likely many more. 1) The Palestinians are useful to the dictatorships and kingdoms surrounding them to distract their own citizens from the immense wealth of their rulers 2) These same countries regard the Palestinians as troublemakers and want nothing to do with them. Israel returned a large piece of land to Egypt in return for peace. Why weren’t the Palestinians resettled there? Egypt could open the gate to their country and let in at least some of the Palestinians and hasn’t. It’s barely allowing humanitarian aid in!