Talk:Palestinians

I'd like to see a source for the following:

In any case these refugees have never been allowed to return to their homes, and properties (many homes and properties have been expropriated from the refugees, by the state of Israel).

I thought that Israel allowed Arabs to become citizens. Ed Poor

They lived under military rule within the Green Line till 1966 (just before the Six Day War), and Arabs who fled had their property registered in the tabu (state registry) and given to others. A classic case is the village of Ikrit along the Lebanese border. Though the Israeli army asked them to leave for a few days until the area could be "cleaned up," they have not been allowed to return to their homes for over fifty years, despite promises, appeals to Israel's Supreme Court and peaceful demonstrations. Israeli Arabs that did remain in their homes are citizens, but they have long suffered from economic and social discrimination--i.e., try becoming an urban planner if you are an Arab. The situation is changing, of course, but there is still a long way to go. Danny

This entry was badly vandalized by an a pro-Palestinian, who filled this entry not only with an anti-Israeli diatribe, but included a clear and public justification of terrorism against Jews. In this era of daily mass-murder suicide bombings against Jews in Israel, and mass anti-Semitic attacks against Jews all over Europe, I hope that Wikipedia community members will condemn such hatespeech. RK

Childish taunting removed from the entry "There was no room there for the Palestinians, Israel from the start never wanted Peace, but pieces of the land, till it was all theirs."

Childish terrorist-incitement removed from the entry "The Zionists really started it -- it was not the Arabs who had the weapons & the training, it was the Zionists, with the Irgun & Stern gangs. Remember if Israel suffers from terrorism now, it is because she herself was founded on terror & injustice."

Further, I have removed a bizarre conspiracy-ridden lie from this entry. Some person changed the Arab statements on the cause of the Palestinian refugees to read "Zionist" statement on the cause of the refugees. I am aware that there is much conspiracy theory that exists within the Palestinian community, but such shockingly obvious lies really do not belong in an encyclopaedia. RK

This page really needs some NPOV editing. --Uriyan