[monkeyshine]

Maybe so, maybe not. It has got to be a terrible life in a refugee camp. Wouldn't you think that things could be a little bit better in Jordan, a state controlled by your own people?

And if the dream is to destroy Israel, perhaps moving to Jordan to consolidate your energies and your forces might be a good strategic reason for you to go.

Remember how easily they fled during 1948.

[Phil V.]

Remember how easily they fled during 1948.

Perhaps they remember '48 as a "retreat". Perhaps they intend to not "retreat" again.

It will take more than another Deir Yassin to cause them to "retreat".