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superchunk on 04 January 2009
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Comrade Tovya said:
Kasz216 said:
superchunk said:
Kasz216 said:


Israel has a higher population then Paletstine currently no?  Like about 8 million vs 3 million?

 

no. Worldwide there is an approximate 10-11million, mostly refugees who are *technically* not citizens of any country since Palestine doesn't exist. However, there are about 3.8m in the actual WB and Gaza, then another 1.3m in Israel, then another 2.7m in Jordan, etc. So, yes, even today the people who would ask for return to Palestine if it were created, or at least citizenship, would be probably around 10m.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people

That's really not the same thing.

 

 

Exactly. Afterall, there are close to 14-million Jews worldwide as well, and we certainly wouldn't count those numbers either.  There are plenty of people on both sides that don't want to be citizens of a Palestinian nation or an Israeli one.  I think this is especially the case of those people in both groups that live good lives in western nations, and don't see the benefit of moving into the middle of a battleground.

Sure, but all of those Jews are not Israelis.

Whereas as I said, IF there were a Palestine there would be about 10-12million Arabs living in Palestine w/ citizenship. If Israel didn't illegally keep them out for the last 50 years they would be in WB or Gaza right now.

So, yes, it is exactly the same thing.