They did not like being moved from their homes or living under Jewish rule.=.]
==================================================
Another contributor rounded out the picture, with facts to balance the fantasy:
Note that there were many "Palestinians" who decided to stay in Israel in 1948
and long after. 62 years have now passed. There are Arab cities and towns in
Israel, and no "refugee camps". Israel has no official national religion. All religious
groups worship openly in Israel, all citizens have the right to own land and/or
residences, all citizens have the vote in Israel's national elections, and there are
Christian and Muslim members of Parliament who represent the constituents who
elected them.
Also note: The "Palestinians" did not attack Israel in 1948. The "Palestinians"
had more urgent tasks to attend to, such as sheltering themselves and their
families from the sun and the rain, and arranging for their day-to-day survival.
Israel was attacked by the synchronized and combined armies of 13 countries,
including the nations of Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt ... the same
nations engaged simultaneously in stuffing their "refugee" brothers into the
"refugee camps" where they still live, having for some unexplained reason been
integrated into neither the economies nor the societies of their 'host' nations
after 62 years.
The members of the Arab League attacked Israel in 1948 because they didn't want there to be an independent Jewish State in the Middle East.
Because they objected to the formation of Israel
There was no Israel until 1948.
Most of what they gained in 1948, when the UN drew up the map but the "Palestinians" rejected the whole notion of partition and attacked Israel.
720,000A+
Palestinians come from Palestine.The Palestinians originated from the ancient country of Palestine. Palestine is located in modern-day Israel, the geographical region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Basically, it is the Muslim counterpart of the Jewish Israel.
There was no such thing as "Palestinians trying to defeat Israel in 1948". "Palestinians" at that time, if any, would have been any inhabitants of the former British Mandate of Palestine, including Israelis, but the word had not even been invented yet. The groups trying to defeat Israel in the 1948 war were the mobilized military forces of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, plus 'irregulars' who called themselves the Holy War Army and the Arab Liberation Army, plus foreign volunteers from Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
the awnser for this questionYes, no one should be banned from returning to something that was once theirs Another Answer:The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is very complicated. There are Palestinians who live in Israel as Israeli citizens.Israel never forced the Palestinians to leave Israel. The neighboring Arab countries warned the Palestinians that Israel was going to be attacked. The Palestinians believed that Israel would be destroyed and they would simply return home. Well, that did not work. Israel was not destroyed. Many Jews were under attack in the Arab countries they lived in, so they fled to Israel where they were taken in. The Arab countries in return did not take in the Palestinians that they instructed to leave.Israel is a democracy, in Israel there are Palestinians who have equal rights. Israel is worried about its safety and therefor is not planning on allowing the Palestinians, who willingly left, return. The Palestinians are taken advantage of by their corrupt leaders and other countries. They are used being used. The Palestinians blame Israel for their misfortune and thus dislike Israel. Because of this, Israel is not willing to freely allow them into the country.There is an additional demographic reason too, beyond the fact that Jewish people have moved to Israel in a kind of a 'swap'; since the great-grandparents / grandparents / etc of the current generation of Palestinians left Israel, the number of descendants of those original Palestinians has increased beyond the remotest possibility of Israel's capacity to safely re-accommodate them.
Marwan Darweish has written: 'The influence of the Intifada on Palestinians in Israel' 'Palestinians in Israel'
In 1948-1955, 720,000 Palestinians fled Israel and 850,000 Jews fled the Arab countries.
Most Arabs are Muslim. Palestinians are not arabs. Palestinians are people who lived in Israel before it became a state in 1948 and was called Palestine. palestininans could be of any religion, therefore. A lot of the people living in Palestine were Arab Muslims.
The Arab nations formally declared War on Israel on the 19th of May 1948, the day after Israel declared its independence.
93% of Palestinians are Muslim, and 6% of Palestinians are Christian. Muslim and Christianity are the main religions in Israel.
After Israel declared its independence in May 1948, it was attacked by Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, plus contingents from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Morocco, and the local Palestinians.