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Submitted by Tony, Oct 12, 2007 10:30

It was King Hussain's father who under the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ruled Palestine and made the deal with the West to have the Jews after World war II settle there and buy all the land and properties they could put their hand on forming the Jewish State of Israel.Let's face it, that's the truth.....Jordan's population till this day consists of 75% Palestinian nationals, mostly educated and well to do while the other 25% so called real Jordanians are actually Bedouins and in most cases illiterate............So, when the Palestinians revolted in 1971 and tried to create a certain representation and presence in Jordan's governing system King Hussain crushed them and chased them all the way to the borders of Syria and Lebanon..............It's as if the Palestinians are some kind of a disease one should get rid of and let someone else worry about it and find a cure..........At the same time all the other Arab countries feared the same will happen within their borders since Palestinians engineers and educators built most of the Gulf oil rich countries and actually built for all the camel riders dwellings with running water and plumbing ( my father was a contractor in Kuwait and worked with mostly Palest. engineers in building Kuwait City). So Saudi Arabia and all the Gulf gave Yasser Arafat all the financial support and showered him with bribes only so he can keep his refugees away from their countries and with one they always managed to make the Palestinian refugees dilemna go away. Lebanon and its puppet and corrupt government since its independance in the 1940's have also contributed to allowing the masses of Palestinian refugees from all over the world to find a safe haven and harbor terrorists as well giving Lebanon such a bad reputation and listing that tiny country ( smaller in size than the State of Rhode Island) in the top terrorist countries in the world........Shame on the West for allowing this and shame on all the Arabs for turning their back and mostly we as Americans should rethink our Mid-East policies and seek refuge for the Palestinians in PALESTINE..where they belong.........Come on, Lebanon has suffered enough...............Let the Lebanese live....................


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It was King Hussain's father who under the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ruled Palestine and made the deal with the...

Tony 

Oct 12, 2007 10:30

If only Arabs would read - and accept what's in - this column! During the 70s and 80s, as the... [MORE]

Taraman 

Oct 2, 2007 01:54

istart wtith the article,let lebanese lead ,you gave idea that we involved in lebanese politics which is wrong,but syriaas the... [MORE]

mahmoud 

Oct 1, 2007 20:56

Yes, it's high time we encourage Lebanon to stop building separate but decidedly unequal "camps" (really, they are insular villages)... [MORE]

Scott Baker 

Oct 1, 2007 11:04

With my respect to the Palistinian refujice Lebanese people paid enough for there mater , now it's the time to take... [MORE]

John Barakat 

Oct 1, 2007 09:36

Excellent article! This on-going charade has to stop. No one can tolerate a stranger coming into his/her house and proclaming... [MORE]

Jacques 

Oct 1, 2007 09:10

it is about time the world realises the situation in that little state known as LEBANON, the PLO has been... [MORE]

Norm 

Oct 1, 2007 01:55

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