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The Palestinians and the Jordanians are more closely related than your analogy makes it sound. In addition, the Palestinians came to Jordan as refugees.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 5th, 2009 at 04:58:31 PM EST
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Yes, 2 million refugees on a population that was about the same size, or smaller. Comparisons to integration in the US are really... well, an advanced form of cultural myopia.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 04:07:49 AM EST
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