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On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:37:16 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:16:46 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Most of the people on the West Bank weren't alive in 1947-48 when full
citizenship and participation were offered. In fact, most of the people
on the West Bank back then were in Israel itself before they decided to
leave and then make war on Israel. The Jordanians sure as hell didn't
want them. So, what have the so-called Palestinians done since 1948 to
turn the lands they took over into self-sustaining areas?

Leave or be run out? and they would say they never had the opportunity
to develop their land, in fact any time it got a little nicer, they
would be "settled" by Israelis.

. Many of them are still living like refugees, hopeful that one
day they will push the Jews into the Mediterranean.

They are refugees, living under the boot of their Israeli occupiers.

And did their Arab
/Muslim brothers from oil-rich Araby step up to help their Palestinian
brothers build a state?

Build a state where?

The best parallel I can think of to the Palestinians is the American
Indian ... except this happened in the last half of 20th century, not
the 19th century. This is the final European colonial expansion, right
at the time when Europe was giving up it's colonies.

Under the boot? In Israel? Hardly. There are problems with the
occupied territories... they should stop that activity, but the
Iraelies have tried many many times to make peace..

As to citizenship, see the wiki.

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, the Arab
population in 2010 was estimated at 1,573,000, representing 20.4% of
the country's population. The majority of these identify themselves as
Arab or Palestinian by nationality and Israeli by citizenship.