Most of the Syrian Palestinians, as well as the Palestinians living in other countries, are those who fled from Israel in the 1940's when Arab countries were amassing to attack and destroy Israel. They expected to return after the deed was done, but as those of us with some history education know, that didn't work out for them. Israel defeated all comers then and again in 1967 and then understandably did not allow those who fled to return. Now in 2013, most of the 'refugees' have never lived anywhere other than their host countries, but they are still labeled refugees and many are severely discriminated against and restricted in their current countries.
The descendants of those Palestinians who did not flee Israel remain as Israelis with all privileges and benefits of citizenship EXCEPT that their representation on the Knesset must be less than Jewish Israeli representation and Israel does not require mandatory military sevice from the Arabs who could be forced into firing upon their own families in other countries. Arabs are not prohibited from joining the Israeli military, however.
Only by retaining a subsantial Jewish majority in Israel can Israel hope to survive. Once there is an Arab majority, it is almost certain that the Jews will be driven out or exterminated and Israel will become one more Arab country amongst all those now sworn to exterminate Israel.
And this makes it even more remarkable that Israel is providing humanitarian aid for people from countries that are sworn to destroy Israel.
Yup...anti semetism is a mental illness.
