To: SARMAN who wrote (272265 ) 12/28/2009 11:16:24 PM From: Hawkmoon 1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500 There were less than 700k and most were pulled to Israel. bintjbeil.com ; Yeah.. about equal to the number of Arabs displaced in 1948 when their Arab brethren promised to wipe the Jews out.The left because they were promised money and land in Israel and a big settlement from Germany. Certainly a better deal than what the Arab states ultimately delivered to the Arabs displaced in 1948. Most fled to the West Bank, which was annexed (with Palestinian Arab approval) by the Hashimites of Jordan where they became Jordanian subjects. I really don't see much difference. Those Jews had lived in those Arab countries for centuries, many with descendants who pre-dated the Arab invasions.Hmm, let's see, the European Jews were imported, the Arabs already living there. Your argument is not holding water. Well.. the majority of Israelis living there NOW were born there. The ancestors of all of the Arabs living in Palestine were invaders.OMG, the Zionist line again. Are you trying to change history? Nope.. merely ACKNOWLEDGING HISTORY. You may want to revise it to suit your views, but facts are facts and the Jews were a nation/state of people long before the Arabs perceived themselves as anything more than a group of family tribes. So I don't see much difference between either of their claims, except that the Jewish claim predates that of the Arabs.Of course you would like the Hashimite traitors. It would resolve a few problems. The Hashimites have long been the ruling family charged with the protection of Mecca and Medina. They have proven themselves to be moderate and good US allies when our interests align. The Saudis can't really be trusted, IMO, due to their conflicted relationship with the Wahhabist elements in the nation. And of course, the Palestinians would FINALLY have their state. Of course, they would likely then immediately proceed to politically self-destruct and pick another fight with the Jews, which would prove their undoing. Hawk