As of 14 September 2015 - 136 of the 193 United Nations member states have been playing the PLO name-game change and recognised the "State of Palestine".
These 136 States now need to answer two questions:
- How can any person living in his own country still be classified as a refugee?
- Shouldn't the 760000 registered Palestinian Arab refugees living in the West Bank have their refugee status revoked and be resettled and fully integrated among their fellow Palestinian Arabs?
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Claiming the trappings of Statehood whilst segregating its citizens into two different classes is a recipe for continuing tension and future conflict.
Change the name, change the game, but be prepared to accept the consequences.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.
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