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In reply to the discussion: If Netanyahu stays in power, should the U.S. continue to provide military aid to Israel? [View all]joshcryer
(62,536 posts)Palestinians literally live in refugee camps because no country will recognize them. They are literally non-recognized by birthright.
Palestinians have tried to gain status in Jordon but the Jordanian king has actually revoked citizenship of Palestinians. Syria, Lebanon, and Jordon house 3 million Palestinian refugees (this is larger than the Gaza Strip and West Bank combined). No citizenship rights. No voting rights. They cannot leave, they cannot migrate, unless they go through really big hoops and get lucky (some gay Palestinians have successfully been able to get out of there and go to EU, but it's a very difficult prospect).
The two state solution is obviously not happening under Netanyahu. But it's naive to think that suddenly they would come to the US if they got granted automatic citizenship. Yes there would be a few thousand a year, similar to Cuba, but for the most part they would stay.
Allow Palestinians to leave the refugee camps and become citizens in other Arab countries, then there would be mass migrations.
BTW, let me make this really clear. Palestinians are "Palestinians" by birthright, if you have a yellow card that says that your father was Palestinian you're a Palestinian even if you were born in Syria, Lebanon, or Jordon. You are forever slighted as such. This is why the Jordanian king has been trying to deport Palestinians there.
Can you imagine a law saying Native Americans can't leave their reservation? Because that's how the Arab world treats Palestinian refugees.
And to say that the US should solve this problem by trying to force a mass migration is no different than saying the Arab world should solve this problem by allowing people to leave the open air prisons that are the refugee camps.