I just think it is really amazing that this bunch of whiney trouble-makers has not been exterminated before now. You are right that they are a rump od discontents who didn't like the partition settlement and an ambitious criminal named Arafat exploited that to get rich and famous. It does raise the question I often have about using exile to foist your criminals on others. Not a good plan, imho. Aarafat and Bin Laden were both exiled when they should have been shot.
The Jordanian government did its best after a 1972 revolt and an attempt to murder the King of Jordan. He crushed the revolt and expelled every single one of them. To this day it's known as Black September. Perversely enough some group of thugs took that as a nomme de guerre when they murdered Israeli atheletes at the Munich Olympics.
Talk about bizarrre.
Aarafat and Bin Laden were both exiled when they should have been shot.
Interesting bit about Arafat and his claim to be a 'pali'. Did you know he was actually born in Egypt? As such there's no way in Hades that he could ever be one of what he called himself. But logic doesn't seem to be the long suit of many of the sons of mohamet (may rivers of pi** be upon him)
It is indeed fortunate for the folks living in those areas that the Israelis don't share the same disregard for human life they do or they would all have been either exterminated or driven out long ago. Not that doing that would be a bad thing IMO.
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