What if there never was a exodus of Palestinian Arabs from what became Israel? I know there are alot of theories as to why they left, but lets ignore them so this doesnt become a flame war.
The UN estimate of the amount of Palestinians that left between 1948 and 1950 is 711,000. Today there descendants number almost 5 million. Now Im sure that many would Still move to the West Bank and the Gaza strip but very few become refugees in other countries.
So lets say that todays Israel has a population of 10 million (from 7 million). Almost half of it is not Jewish.
What effects would this have on the State of Israel? I think they would probably be less apt to annex more lands in the West Bank, because this would increase the amount of Non-Jews.
What effects would there be on Israel's neighbors without large refugee camps? The palestinians in Jordan have had a huge impact on their resident country, even trying to over throw the monarchy at one point.
thoughts?
The UN estimate of the amount of Palestinians that left between 1948 and 1950 is 711,000. Today there descendants number almost 5 million. Now Im sure that many would Still move to the West Bank and the Gaza strip but very few become refugees in other countries.
So lets say that todays Israel has a population of 10 million (from 7 million). Almost half of it is not Jewish.
What effects would this have on the State of Israel? I think they would probably be less apt to annex more lands in the West Bank, because this would increase the amount of Non-Jews.
What effects would there be on Israel's neighbors without large refugee camps? The palestinians in Jordan have had a huge impact on their resident country, even trying to over throw the monarchy at one point.
thoughts?