I realize and understand that but my point is that in 1948 the Arabs living there abandoned the country "until the Jews could be swept into the sea." That act nullified any claim to the land and to the right of return. Then with the complicity of the Russians, Arafat named the people and the land, Palestine and tried to make it look like Israel was the bad guys. I won't buy that and nor should anyone. That's my personal opinion.Hoss, many are as indiginous to Palestine as the Jews.
Beyond that - does it matter?
They are people and it's all to easy to marginalize them with these sort of arguments.
The question to ask is why is it so important to some how make them less worthy of inclusion by asking these sorts of questions?