polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 17
th, 2022 at 10:03am:
Frank wrote on Nov 15
th, 2022 at 8:35pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 15
th, 2022 at 3:08pm:
Also, Israel has over 2 million Palestinians under their control since they annexed the WB. As de-facto administrators of these lands and their people, they are obligated to either offer citizenship or grant them equal rights as citizens. Yes, in theory they can apply for citizenship, but in reality most of those who apply get rejected
Why didn't that apply to Jordan and Egypt before 1967?
It did, and Jordan granted it to them. The WB Palestinians retained Jordanian citizenship right up until Jordan relinquished claim to the WB in 1988:
Quote:When Jordan transferred its full citizenship rights to the residents of the West Bank, the annexation more than doubled the population of Jordan.[4] The naturalized Palestinians enjoyed equal opportunities in all sectors of the state without discrimination, and they were given half of the seats of the Jordanian parliament.[13]
After Jordan lost the West Bank to Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, the Palestinians there remained Jordanian citizens until Jordan renounced claims to and severed administrative ties with the territory in 1988.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_annexation_of_the_West_Bank So what happened in 1967, then?
The third Arab Israeli war happened. Why? Egypt blockaded Israel and the Arabs prepared to attach Israel, again, from all sides.
Main events of the war
In response to the apparent mobilization of its Arab neighbours, early on the morning of June 5, Israel staged a sudden preemptive air assault that destroyed more than 90 percent Egypt’s air force on the tarmac. A similar air assault incapacitated the Syrian air force. Without cover from the air, the Egyptian army was left vulnerable to attack. Within three days the Israelis had achieved an overwhelming victory on the ground, capturing the Gaza Strip and all of the Sinai Peninsula up to the east bank of the Suez Canal.
An eastern front was also opened on June 5 when Jordanian forces began shelling West Jerusalem—disregarding Israel’s warning to King Hussein to keep Jordan out of the fight—only to face a crushing Israeli counterattack. On June 7 Israeli forces drove Jordanian forces out of East Jerusalem and most of the West Bank.
The UN Security Council called for a cease-fire on June 7 that was immediately accepted by Israel and Jordan. Egypt accepted the following day. Syria held out, however, and continued to shell villages in northern Israel. On June 9 Israel launched an assault on the fortified Golan Heights, capturing it from Syrian forces after a day of heavy fighting. Syria accepted the cease-fire on June 10.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Six-Day-WarAs the Sage of Crawford would have asked about the Arabs: " Is our children learning?"
No.