Kuwait In 1991, when the Iraqi Army invaded Kuwait, Palestinians were 30% of the country’s population. In contrast to other Arab states we mentioned, their condition was fair. As part of the compromise attempts preceding the First Gulf War, Saddam “proposed” withdrawing from Kuwait in return for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and […]

Syria In 1919, the first Palestinian Arab Congress convened in Jerusalem. The convention decided that Palestine, just conquered by the British, is part of Southern Syria – an inseparable part of Southern Syria. The idea of a Greater Syria including Mandatory Palestine was expressed by the involvement of Syria in the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt and […]

Egypt For more than a century, there was no real distinction between Egyptian residents and those along the coast up to and including Jaffa. Both were Muslims and subjects of the Ottoman Sultan. According to researcher Oroub El-Abed, the two groups were connected by commerce, mutual immigration and marriage: A considerable number of Egyptians also […]

Lebanon In contrast to Syria and Jordan, where most of those defined as refugees no longer actually live in camps, two thirds of the Palestinians in Lebanon are in camps, which are “an ex-territorial enclave” according to the study. The data presented in the study is fascinating. Although 425,000 are registered in UNRWA as refugees, […]