'I am a Zionist,' says Biden at Hanukkah event, promises continued military assistance to Israel

[moniss]

59. You've already got very large refugee camps that

have been there for many years and in Lebanon also. So it is incorrect to think they haven't taken in refugees and displaced people. As far as any onus Israel should have been told by the UN from the beginning that either an agreement was reached by a date certain or one would be imposed. The subjects of compensation and right of return that were promised to the Palestinians that they would be negotiated don't just go away because an Arab state starts lobbing shells etc. The entire sum of the territories and the outstanding issues are under the disposition of the UN and not Israel alone as it sees fit although they do behave that way. That is also something that should not be allowed but the UN was neutered by the US from the beginning of it's existence.

Actually the whole thing could have been handled in a more orderly fashion somewhat if the British hadn't just turned tail and ran. The Mandate could have been extended by agreement so that there was a more effective peacekeeping force in place. There would have been less rapid forced displacement and a more orderly process. As it was massive ethnic cleansing took place and people lost assets while others grabbed those assets. Plain and simple. Prior to 1948 it was understood there would be some displacement and compensation and right of return were promised. As soon as Independence was declared everybody who got the benefit threw the middle finger at the ones who were supposed to be compensated and have some right of return.