In case of a referendum, would you agree to give the refugees residence permits?

[kappa273]

this is a very hypothetical question... regardless of democracy, a referendum cannot be held for any question?

in any case, it is well obvious that the palestinians cannot stay in lebanon for several reasons, demographic, religious, sectarian, financial, economic, social....

as for other alternatives, i don't think that any arab country would like to see them settle within their borders...

you are right, the bangladeshi, indians, pakistani, etc... are more numerous than the natives in the Gulf; however, this poor indian can easily be fired and expelled back home to india whereas the fired palestinian will become a burden on the qatari society itself...

a better idea would be for each country to receive a number of refugees that is proportional to its population and economic growth and can therefore easily assimilate them... definitely, all arab countries will refuse this solution if given the chance.. (Bahrain may agree to take more than the others)

kappa

[e.kid]

Originally Posted by Abou Sandal

I like when some people say that they are tired of fighting while all they were ever good at is nagging.

In the meantime,those who are really fighting never ask or complain about anything.

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Meanwhile, we are tired of living in a country at war
we want peace, for us, for our brothers in the south (christian, druze, shiaa, sunni, ...)
we want peace for everybody, lebanease, syrian, palestinians, even israelis
We want to show what we can do in a country at peace after 40 years of war
is it dificult for you to understand ?
are you also brainwashed ?

[e.kid]

As a christian, i realy dont care if palestians are given permits or not.
In the 70"s the situation was different. The country was half christians, half muslim.
Naturalizing the palestinian would have tipped the scale in a severe way.
today, we are less then 40%, maybe close to 30%
Naturalizing them will not make a big difference (35% vs 30%)

On the positive side, there wont be camps, weapons, ... anymore
and we can ask 40B for this :)

Now if there is a different solution, like sending them back to palestine, or to the saudis, or to australia or canada, Great
But lets be realistic, I dont see them going anywhere, ever
better to have them under control, and finish with their weapons, with fatehislam, jindelsham, 3esbatelansar ....

[Robin Hood]

I think that Palestinians should either go back to Palestine, or to another Arab or Western country.

[Abufijli]

Im happy with a residency for the Palestiians in Lebanon, but no to citizenship. They deserve to live a more decent life than the one they are living today in those ugly camps. Until the day comes when they go home, which is not too long away anyway.

[General]

Yes for 'Residence Permits'
evry humainbeen have the right to get 'Residence Permits' after years of beeyng on the soal of any country, who accepted there entree in its territory.

i say lebanese governement must give them 'Residence Permits' ID photo, name, birthday,born in and the day they come in lebanon...and for one year revolving with20$ tax... onthe top LEBANESE RIPUBLIC.

[Libnene Qu7]

As a hypothetical question, the best answer would be option 2 (return to their homeland).

As a realistic question, none of the above. The Palestinian issue is going to stay like this for a long time. The arabs don't want them, and the Lebanese will never agree among themselves on what to do. In the meantime, the Israelis are happy about our futility and indecision. Life goes on.

[M@rshall]

Originally Posted by Observer

Since the Lfer hate the guts of the palestinians and since the LFer hate to be in the same place with palestinians and since the LF can not prevent anything and nobody gives a sh** about their demands, I suggest to exchange the palestinians with LF. i.e Palestinians in LFer out. I am a fierce opponent to naturalization whereas this issue will lead to them not going back to palestine and regain their stolen land but I am ready to accept naturalization if and only if in exchange for LFers leaving this country.

NO and a 1000 NO my friend
I would never exchange the boot of a fellow Lebanese, be it LFer, FPMer, Kataeb,Amal, Hezbollah, PSP, SSNP... for a Palestinan, a Zimbabwean, a Swedish or an Australian.

Lebanon is for Us ...Lebanese only, and i guess we have welcomed those ungreatful Palestinians for more than our capacity...IT's THEM AND ONLY THEM WHO SHALL LEAVE.be it to heir homeland or somewhere else,because a nation without a memory is a dead nation,it seems they have tasted the goods of lebanon and never wanna leave.
i think its time to lobby worldwide to "return" or "repatriate" them.
but you saying that you would rather exvhange them for LFers i something I, Personally would totally refuse

regards

[Libnene Qu7]

Originally Posted by M@rshall

NO and a 1000 NO my friend
I would never exchange the boot of a fellow Lebanese, be it LFer, FPMer, Kataeb,Amal, Hezbollah, PSP, SSNP... for a Palestinan, a Zimbabwean, a Swedish or an Australian.

Lebanon is for Us ...Lebanese only, and i guess we have welcomed those ungreatful Palestinians for more than our capacity...IT's THEM AND ONLY THEM WHO SHALL LEAVE.be it to heir homeland or somewhere else,because a nation without a memory is a dead nation,it seems they have tasted the goods of lebanon and never wanna leave.
i think its time to lobby worldwide to "return" or "repatriate" them.
but you saying that you would rather exvhange them for LFers i something I, Personally would totally refuse

regards

You give your fellow Lebanese more credit than they deserve. I've seen plenty of non-Lebanese boots that are worth one thousand Lebanese.

[M@rshall]

Originally Posted by Libnene Qu7

You give your fellow Lebanese more credit than they deserve. I've seen plenty of non-Lebanese boots that are worth one thousand Lebanese.

im not talking about "worth and prices" here i am just stating that a land should only belong to its owner.and lebanese soil should be to the lebanese only, disregarding how much he or she is worth on a national level, because i believe that all humans are born equal.

regards