Israeli leftists in the Labour Party made that decision. the Israelis should have sent them packing..
You said — the Israelis should have sent them packing..
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But, that’s the problem — “packing where?”... LOL...
There’s no place that will take them. And the Israelis aren’t going to dump them out into the ocean... :-)
So, you see..., Israel was (and *is*) *stuck with the Palestinians* — once they won the war and took over the lands where the Palestinians were living at the time.