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The Palestinian Arabs refer to the Arabs who have traditionally lived in Palestine, the area made up of the current state of Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. Immigrant Jews created the state of Israel after a terrorist war against the British between 1944 and 1948. They immediately ejected most of the Palestinian Arabs, an estimated 3,000,000 of whom now live in refugee camps in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, and The Lebanon. Those Palestinians who remained in the state created in 1948 are generally treated as second class citizens, largely due to Israel being a specifically Jewish religious state.
There is currently a debate about the creation of a specifically Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank. While there is a nominal Government, there is a decreasing likelihood of a functional Palestinian state being set up, due largely to the continued occupation of the West Bank by Israel, the creation of many illegal Jewish settlements, and the apartheid wall being built around the remaining Palestinian areas.
The Palestinians receive very little support from the International community. When the elections were held in 2007, and Hamas was democratically elected as the Palestinian Government, most of the international community immediately stopped all aid; thereby rending the legitimate elections a farce. What the international community had demanded was a Fatah government that would be more supportive of the continued existence of Israel, and a friend of the USA, rather than Hamas, which demands that Israel as a specifically religious state should not exist.
It is unlikely that the Palestinian Arabs will achieve effective statehood in the near future. The Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948 is not recognised by the international community for what it is, a catastrophe for a whole people. Until action is taken to allow Jews, Arabs and Christians to live together in a secular state of Palestine, it is unlikely that there will be peace in the Middle East.
There is currently a debate about the creation of a specifically Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank. While there is a nominal Government, there is a decreasing likelihood of a functional Palestinian state being set up, due largely to the continued occupation of the West Bank by Israel, the creation of many illegal Jewish settlements, and the apartheid wall being built around the remaining Palestinian areas.
The Palestinians receive very little support from the International community. When the elections were held in 2007, and Hamas was democratically elected as the Palestinian Government, most of the international community immediately stopped all aid; thereby rending the legitimate elections a farce. What the international community had demanded was a Fatah government that would be more supportive of the continued existence of Israel, and a friend of the USA, rather than Hamas, which demands that Israel as a specifically religious state should not exist.
It is unlikely that the Palestinian Arabs will achieve effective statehood in the near future. The Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948 is not recognised by the international community for what it is, a catastrophe for a whole people. Until action is taken to allow Jews, Arabs and Christians to live together in a secular state of Palestine, it is unlikely that there will be peace in the Middle East.