Hamas leader says 'we have the Israelis right where we want them' in leaked messages, WSJ reports

[Beastly Boy]

17. I am assuming the "not so" doesn't refer to "The Palestinians who agreed to coexist with Jewish people live in Israel."

That wouldn't make any sense - they cannot be both living in Israel and be expelled from Isrel.

If, on the other hand, the "not so" refers to inhabitants of Gaza, suggesting that "They were expelled and "cleansed" or fled" doesn't make sense either.

It is absurd to suggest that any Palestinians were expelled by Israel or Zionists from Gaza as a consequence of the war for independence or the armistice of 1949: Israel never had any control of the territory until 1967. When contesting the origins of Gazan Palestinians today, it is completely dishonest to suggest that any of the disputed 700000 Palestinians were expelled from Gaza. On the contrary, some of them SETTLED in Gaza, not expelled from it, just as the post you replied to suggests. And they remained subjects of Egypt for 17 years. If you are suggesting any collapse of their society, blame it on Egypt, not Israel.