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shaayecanaan

(6,068 posts)
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 12:56 AM Jan 2014

Very few, if any...

Last edited Thu Jan 2, 2014, 02:36 AM - Edit history (1)

I met one Arab Israeli at church who was here on a student visa. He said that he knew of only a couple of Palestinians in Australia that held Israeli passports. They were also Christian as well, of a wealthy background as was he. He said that Arab Israelis, instinctively, did not like stay away from home too long, for fear that they would not be allowed back.

Most of the Palestinian community here would have migrated on humanitarian visas, which would normally not be available to Arab Israelis. In practice, if a stateless Palestinian makes it to Australia they will normally be granted such a visa, as there is nowhere to deport them to.

I imagine the largest component of Israeli migrants would be returning Australian citizens and their spouses and/or children.

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