Palestinians are nothing but Arabs, plenty of Arab states for them to go to.
“Palestinians are nothing but Arabs, plenty of Arab states for them to go to.”
Actually, no. The other Arab states refused to take them and have in some cases shot those who did enter. This policy exists even today. Recently the Lebanese PM made some nasty anti-Palestinian statements deriding them as lower life forms. Palestinians aren’t welcome anywhere except the US and other liberal western nations.
The Arab states wanted to keep the “refuge” issue alive as the camel’s-nose-under-the-tent to eliminate the Israeli state. It is an extreme long range and effective strategy. At the very least it keeps Israel in a constant state of terror.
The unintended consequence of this deliberate policy has been a hyper-alert and well-armed Israel. Because of the constant terror threat Israeli citizens are willing to put up with high taxes and fewer socialist entitlements than they would otherwise grant themselves. Israel could be another Greece by now and the Arabs could have essentially bought the country out from under them, were it not for the constant Palestinians threat.