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Also please google Black September. Jordan killed more Palestinians in a few months, than Israel has in the entire conflict.
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Black September was terrible. I agree. But more Palestinians died during the Israeli War of Independence than Black September.
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This isn't remotely true. There are almost 2 million Arabs who live in Israel, hold Israeli citizenship, and have full rights. Christian Arabs even have higher education levels than the Jewish population. The relations aren't perfect, but when you frame them in the context of an ethno-religious conflict, they are pretty solid.
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Sure, I'll concede that Arab Israelis live a pretty decent quality of life. Even they don't want any part of a Palestinian State if it would ever come to fruition. But also, living conditions in the Arab world are not nearly as poor as Nage makes them out to be. I've been to the Middle East many times. While I wouldn't necessarily want to move there, being an average Joe with a half decent education in Amman, Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Manama or many other cities is not a bad life at all. It's no Calgary or Vancouver, but it's certainly vastly better than most places in the world.
What I'm talking about, however, are the 4 million Arabs living in the West Bank or Gaza that can't escape to the "bastian of right in the region" because they're of the wrong ethnic background. Hell, they can't even move to a neighbourhood within their land that's deemed "Jewish only". Call it what you will, but if that's not racism, I don't know what is.