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Palestinians in Syria get pulled into civil war
Associated Press
Published: 27.07.12, 09:19
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1. Assirians are ethnic minority in Iraq and Syria.
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (07.27.12)
Are they also refugees, until the great Assirian Empire will be liberated again ? This state at least really existed in the 1. millenia B.C. But when existed the State of Palestine ?
2. ass-ad will hand, pals better choose to be rebels NOW.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (07.27.12)
3. There are no young Palestinian refugees
rebecca ,   Modiin   (07.27.12)
These youngsters were born and bred in Syria. They are Syrians. And now they are being treated the same way.
4. yarmouk
spookey ,   birmingham uk   (07.27.12)
assad aint going no where , when assad as pulverised the rebels in to dust , then he will turn on the yarmouks ,who have helped them nice move to get rid of his refuge problem
5. Sorry to spoil Mohammed's dreams
Harry Nutsack, NY   (07.27.12)
...but seems like he will stay there longer than planned.
6. Yarmouk
Jason ,   Wethersfield , CT   (07.27.12)
Assad did help the Palestinians by attacking Israel through their proxies in Lebanon. But there was only so much Syria could do. The Palestinians should remember that Syria lost 40-80 jets to Israel none during the 1982 Lebanon war. That's why there was quiet on the Golan.
7. The Golan .
J McKinlay ,   The Golan ISRAEL.   (07.27.12)
Palestine is in Jorden ! but they dont want them , so there going to try for the Golan? Best they stay in syria and stay alive, But if they must come so be it, Let the Games begin !
8. some of assads partners are terrorists, ALL the rebels are!!
jack bauer   (07.27.12)
9. HOW CAN THEY BE PALISTININAN IF THEY'RE SYRIAN
...DACON9   (07.27.12)
THEY ARE SYRIAN REFUGEES or arab refugees but they are clearly by your own words...NOT PALISITINAN. Can you define a palistinian refugee? Ask any roman warrior. ITS THE JEWS Can you define revisionist history? Ask any historian. ITS THE ARABS. Can you define arabs in Israel in 1947. ITS EGYPTIANS AND SYRIAN NOMADS approx 300,000 Can you define ISRAEL. ITS PROTECTED BY G'D FOREVER Can you define Israeli Jews. CONFUSED WHO FORGOT G'D Can you define YOU who read this. .....MORE INFORMED
10. assad to slaughter the so called palestinians
gandjain   (07.27.12)
assad the alawite knows the so called palestinians have been a toothache to its country and has embroiled syria in disputes it does not need. There is no where to go and the alawites are fighting for their lives and they will settle the score with the palestinian ingrates before they go down. assad also has hezbollah and iranian operatives helping slaughter the palestinains On another matter, israel should declare terrorist arson a capital offense with execution. All know most of the big fires are caused by arabs. Forget about jail.
11. Painful decision
Raphael ,   Netanya   (07.27.12)
" their ultimate goal: the return to their ancestral villages in what is now Israel." Will they then give up their UNWRA foodstamps?
12. Yes - "liberate Syria", because THAT is your birth land
William ,   Israel   (07.27.12)
13. "Palestinians get pulled into civil war"
William ,   Israel   (07.27.12)
I've never seen a "Palestinian" get "pulled into a civil war". Usually, they're active participants, usually on the wrong side. Everywhere they go, they seem to get involved in domestic tensions and try to take advantage of them, then cry when they're tossed out on their asses. They did this in Iraq/Kuwait, Jordan, and most notably, in Lebanon during the Civil War in which the PLO carved out their own autonomous zone and terrorized local residents, as well as Israelis across the border. There is a reason this "population" is often rejected by their own kind.
14. Yarmouk - not Syrians, but "Palestinian refugees"
William ,   Israel   (07.27.12)
Really? So all of the residents of Yarmouk are atleast 65 years old? Because otherwise, they'd be just Syrian citizens, as noted on their birth certificate on the line entitled "location of birth"
15. and if Muhammed returns to "ancestral lands in Israel"
William ,   Israel   (07.27.12)
which only date back to 1930s, what then? You will be INSIDE Israel - the Jewish State - subjected to Israeli laws. My guess is - besides feeling like an outsider in a new place, and looked at with suspicion both from Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs who decided to ignore Arab leader demands and stayed to build the State of Israel, he would be in a position of lacking opportunities, living in a new home which he will ultimately destroy, and join terrorist groups. Thus he will arrive already promising to bring terror with him, reject any laws he would be obligated to, refuse to be a productive member of society, and undermine the entire situation for the honest Israeli Arab citizens of the country. It's already a no-go, and that comes from the Israeli Arabs themselves.
16. Liberate the Golan?
mb   (07.27.12)
Good luck with that.
17. THEY NEVER LEARN...
Rafi ,   US   (07.27.12)
18. Freedom for the Kurds
AMERICAN HINDU ,   USA   (07.28.12)
It is a good time for the Kurds in Syria to ask for independence from the Arabs. The Druze should also ask for their homeland. And the Shiite(Alawites) and Sunnis should have their own enclaves. The French and English made mistakes drawing up the borders of the different nations. Time the locals did some redrawing of these maps.
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