Thanx for the response...

>palestinians are muslims and christians, but
>mostly muslim.(someone correct me if
>im wrong, and dont drop
>an elbow on me, please.)
>
>israeli arabs are jews.

Well, wouldn't they just be considered "Jews" as far as the State of Israel is concerend? If not then why are they segregated? (Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the Israeli Arabs live in separate neighborhoods.)

>>Are
>>Israeli-Arabs those who conceded to
>>the creation of the Israeli
>>state and chose to remain
>>there as Israeli citizens, while
>>Palestinians rejected this?
>
>oh no. the europeans israelis are
>the main force behind this.

I wasn't really implying otherwise, so let me re-phrase. I don't mean that the Israeli Arabs were behind the creation of Israel, I was suggesting that perhaps they did not oppose the creation of the State of Israel (because they're secular Arabs, or for some other reason, I don't know). So, they stayed put, and as such became Israeli citizens. Hence, Israeli Arabs. (Again this is all a guess.)

> >Or
>>are Palestinians, as a group,
>>identified as people that historically
>>came from ancient Philistine (from
>>which, I think, the name
>>Palestine is derived), whereas Arabs
>>are historically from the land
>>to the south?
>
>correct, but at some point in
>time the arabs mixed w/
>them.

Right, so then what's the major distinction between Palestinians and Arabs?

Aren't Jordanians (or many Jordanians, incl. the late King Hussein) also considered Palestinian, as opposed to Arab (again, whatever that difference may be)?

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