Abbas Wants All Lebanon "Refuges" Back Home

At what point is someone a resident, rather than a refuge? In Sudan, where genocidal murders (by extreme Muslims) take place daily, people who run are refugees. In Somalia, where people are being gunned down on the street, those who run are refugees. In Israel, the major conflict leading to Israel controlling Gaza and the West Bank is over. It has been over for more than just a few years. IT HAS BEEN OVER FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

An entire generation of “Palestinians” have been born in Lebanon. If you have never lived in Israel, why should you have a right to “return” there. Most of the so called refugees have never set foot in Israel or the disputed territories. They have no home there, and have never had a home there. Those who went on to Lebanon have setup a life there, and it is now their home. They are no longer refugees, they are Lebanese.

So then why is PA President Abbas calling for Israel to give Lebanese Palestinians a right to return to somewhere they have not lived for a generation? There is no real good reason. This refugee issue is a ploy to target Israel for human rights violations that do not exist. No place in the world, or agency in the world, would call someone who has been “displaced” for over 40 years a refugee. That includes the UN, except for that resolution specifically made for the Israel Situation.