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relevant in terms of the discussion- i actually meant that as a a question, not as rhetoric
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the difference being that the jews had an openly welcoming jewish state, while for the palestinians, well, at that time (and i would argue still so today) the idea of arab nationalism specific to each of those countries trumped the idea of a dar-al-islam. simply put, while the jews could become israelis, the palestinians/arabs would find it a lot harder to become (and be accepted) as egyptians, syrians, so on.
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I would say that specific nationalism
did not outweigh pan-Arabism until the 1970s (not talking about Islamism). But anyways, I am mainly referring to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that consider themselves refugees. Their "refugee camps" are actual cities and towns. They keep up this charade, and as I have brought up on
here before, the UN gives the Palestinians a unique definition of refugee (separate from the actual UN definition) in order to keep the wound open.