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  1. @johnalexander4940

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    🤔 think about what IF
    Syria 🇸🇾 and ! Lebanon 🇱🇧 and Egypt 🇪🇬 take back their scattered brethren: 1#
    Offer them an equal path of citizenship as Egypt does thru marriages, state Identification and passports to move between borders how many would stay and fight for the right to return ?

    Today their stateless refugees because the lack of peace Islamic countries have envisioned for their masses.

    Israel only helps to reinforce the victim mentality of Arab states that think that Islams conquering of all the countries as a divine sign of Islams superiority.

    Therefore all the hatred fomented by muslims around the world.

  2. @johnashworth4094

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Jordan owns 70% of Palestinian lands ,the Palestinian authority wants a 2 state solution ,thats great so why are there still refugee camps ,surely they should be building homes by now with the billions funnelled into the PA

  3. @Gwb239

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    In 2000 , with the disengagement policy, a choice was made.

  4. @aldinlee8528

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    They are NOT refugees. Get it?! Again . . . they are NOT refugees. The absurdity of this continual charade has caused madness across the globe. I suspect the MAIN reason this labeling continues is due the selfish personal needs of those employed at the U.N.R.W.A. It is like most all non-profit organizations formed for a 'useful' public purpose, they never go away. They never go away because they become organisms.
    Like any biological organism, it strives to survive. The people who are employed at the organism have their OWN needs to feed, first and foremost having a paying job. You don't have that if you allow the purpose of the agency to become viewed as obsolete. Thus, there will today and forever be a U.N. agency specifically for providing for Palestinians, no matter any political changes.

    The problem lies in that the UNRWA was never merged into the UNHCR found one year later. That is THE problem. Had it, the Palestinians would have lost this status many decades back. There are too many REAL refugees in the world, pushed out by strife elsewhere, that need the money being funneled into Gaza for Jihadist purposes.

  5. @radix133

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Pakistan expels over a million Afghans….does anybody wanna talk about that?

  6. @lissahope9164

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Palestinian lives in gaza dan west bank that was govern by palestanian leaders and still called refugee?

  7. @sunnyfrisch

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    What you need to know about UNRWA https://youtu.be/g_3A6_qSBBQ?si=winE-0k7tyiz9LKm

  8. @sunnyfrisch

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Many of those black‘n‘white footage actually show Jewish refugees fleeing to Israel from Arab countries…in fact there had been more Jewish than Arab Palestinians refugees. And UNRWA is a scam.

  9. @DangerDave10000

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    6 million ukrainians were displaced by the current war but nobody calls them 'refugees' or expects that their grandchildren will have rights to any land.

  10. @arielm6613

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    How can there be 4 generations of refugees?? They live in the same cities as other Palestinians for decades, you have the same job opportunities as every other Palestinian, why doest Lebanon or Syria give the “Palestinian refugees” citizenship? I know why; this is all for the purpose of gaining sympathy and perpetuating it for as long as it takes. How is no one being critical of this narrative?

  11. @findingtruth7323

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    One of the biggest mistakes Israel made was recognizing the Palestinian people, who never had any historical, ethnic, and linguistic ties to the region. They as an ethnic group were "made up" in the 1960s by Yasser Arafat. The name itself "Palestine" has its origins with the Romans, who renamed the area after expelling the Jews from Judea. This renaming was indeed meant as a slight to the Jews, as it referred to their ancient enemies in the Old Testament (The Philistines). There is no such thing as 4th generation refugee, they are just living off the back of other people donations.
    The Al-Aqsa Mosque itself that Muslim deem as a holy site and claim as their own was built on the site of the Jewish Temple, it was a flag that was used to triumph over the Jews. Also FYI Quran calls the Jews enemies of Allah and descendants of pigs and apes.

    Palestinians are Arabs, like people in Lebanon, Iran, Jordan, and Egypt, and they do NOT have historical ties as Jews do to the land. and they should be disperse and live with Arabs , their people. SUPPORT ISRAEL!

  12. @GingerLiciousVibes

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    You should play this video in American TV Today

  13. @md.muzahidulislamsamrat8037

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    no one leaves home unless home chases you
    fire under feet
    hot blood in your belly
    it’s not something you ever thought of doing
    until the blade burnt threats into
    your neck
    and even then you carried the anthem under
    your breath
    only tearing up your passport in an airport toilet
    sobbing as each mouthful of paper
    made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back.

    you have to understand,
    that no one puts their children in a boat
    unless the water is safer than the land
    no one burns their palms
    under trains
    beneath carriages
    no one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck
    feeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled
    means something more than journey.
    no one crawls under fences
    no one wants to be beaten
    pitied

    no one chooses refugee camps
    or strip searches where your
    body is left aching
    or prison,
    because prison is safer
    than a city of fire
    and one prison guard
    in the night
    is better than a truckload
    of men who look like your father
    no one could take it
    no one could stomach it
    no one skin would be tough enough

  14. @jonlenihan4798

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    They are professional refugees, paid by the UN. To keep the scam going, they have to murder some Jews and to sacrifice a bunch of Nobody Abu Nobodys from time to time.

    End UNRWA = this conflict is over and everyone gets to move on.

  15. @marchebert9813

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    What happened to the Jewish refugees as a result of 1948? The Palestinian refugee issue is evil. These people are not allowed to leave the camps. They are generations of pawns used to destroy Israel. Bottom line, Islam cannot STANS for a Jewish state. They will do anything to destroy Israel. No matter how much their own people suffer. Religion of peace my a$$.

  16. @angelamarie3861

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Here, this is interesting: The Palestinian refugees are unique from all other refugee populations on earth. Why? Because the United Nations has created a special organization for Palestinian refugees that both defines them differently and cares for them separately from all other refugee populations on earth. They have been a full partner in helping Palestinians preserve their status and nurture their grievances. The UNHCR defines a “refugee” as someone who is driven from “the country of his nationality” by a well-founded fear of persecution. Refugees do not transfer this status with their genes to their children. Refugees lose their refugee status as soon as they are granted citizenship in a new country. But after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the UN made a new organization dedicated exclusively to the Palestinian refugees: the UNRWA. The UNRWA defines a “Palestinian refugee” as anyone who was displaced by the 1948 War plus the “descendants of Palestinian refugee males, including legally adopted children.” PALESTINIAN REFUGEES PASS their REFUGEE STATUS to THEIR CHILDREN in PERPETUITY. In addition, UNRWA continues to recognize a Palestinian refugee as such even if he or she has obtained citizenship in another country. Instead of shrinking from generation to generation, the number of Palestinian refugees is growing exponentially. In 1950 there were about 750,000 Palestinian refugees. By 2014 there were 5 million. If they were defined the same way as all other refugees in the world, that number would have been closer to 30,000.

  17. @iftikharhusain6286

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Respect to Palestine

  18. @scottyflintstone

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Those that left in 1948 choose the wrong side

  19. @MissJ000

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    If the Lebanon government was smart they would give citizenships, education n jobs to the refugees. Ppl who work get taxed. But nope the gov is corrupt n want handouts.

  20. @arfankhan1783

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Britain did this blood on your hands

  21. @timurcan2210

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    WHAT IS PALESTINE FROM TURKEY ::::::::::::)))))))))))))))))))))

  22. @vanessamane7358

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Free palestine from river from your muslim brother in the maghreb( algeria and morocco) down to the zionist murderers.

  23. @AT-it7gf

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Emily Wilder Shireen Abu Akleh 🇵🇸

  24. @pablodesilvestro831

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Send them to Saudi Arabia they need workers

  25. @ernestoescobar1967

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Damn when I enter Mexico, there this park where there's a lot of Refugees from south and Central America there camping and and making tents out of of blankets and rags, there's no doubt that their struggle is only seas away so I pray tu mis camaradas Dios Allah los bendiga 🇲🇽✊🇵🇸🙏🤲

  26. @robertal760

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Evan conference 1938, all countries decided not to accept jewish refugees from Germany …even US, Canada and Australia…and they have enormous land..
    Palestinians lost their land, now 700 thousands of armed settlers in occupied land….

    Countries met in Evan conference need to accept Palestinians refugees..
    And send armies to protect them from settlers..

  27. @fouadjaar874

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    No more zionism worldwide.

  28. @hareKrishnadivine

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Can BBC dare to report on Kashmiri Pundits???
    Slave media!

  29. @cristianisraelcarrillo871

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    El hijo del homered would've just left his 🍞 and wines 🍷and herencia para los pobres del Mundo

  30. @cristianisraelcarrillo871

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    100000

  31. @cristianisraelcarrillo871

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Porfavor auden angles ✨😍👌 Israel Gaza 🇮🇱 love uuuuuuuuu

  32. @aseelmh4530

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Iiving in refugee camps while being native!!!! 💔💔💔

  33. @aseelmh4530

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    The most horrifying injustice i've ever seen 💔💔💔💔

  34. @sherylstewart2631

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Three or four generations of refugees? No the second generation is where refugee status stops

  35. @andrewbailey4991

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    The grandchildren of refugees who came to Israel after their own Arab countries expelled them are not whining about it 73 years later

  36. @JoseAngelFlores

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    UNRWA has spent billions of dollars for decades so that they remain the same. How can this be possible? can't they move on or are they forever destined to be "refugees"?

  37. @GREGORYABUTLER

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Are you really a "refugee" if you weren't even born in the country that you claim to be a "refugee" from?

    How many actual 1948 refugees are even still alive?

  38. @roey218

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    So basically Arab countries treat Palestinians worse than Israel

  39. @draminsammour3627

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    I appreciate the BBC and the journalist for coming here and addressing and exploring this issue to the world 🌎

  40. @goodputin4324

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Why Saudi Arabia not helping?

  41. @sachindaftari

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Professional refugees

  42. @harrisiskandar8356

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Zionist is neo-nazi

  43. @user-qp7uv1lr4k

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    https://youtu.be/BHsqVB9nxFY
    If you believe israel stoll "palastinian" land you need to watch this video in the link and come to understanding that you like many fall to an arab propaganda and lies throughout the years

  44. @f.m.m6706

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    'fled' ?? please, they were forcibly DRIVEN OUT. It seems Arendt's critique of this utopian Jewish state literally all comes to light here.

  45. @paymanm5901

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    wars have cosequences u start them and u lose i am sorry i am not going to reward you stay in ur tent in Jorden

  46. @MostPowerfulPMofIndia

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    Low sound recording pls check

  47. @nagarsway1735

    January 19, 2024 at 4:37 am

    lmao of course the news will take the worst images of Palestinians situation.

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