Palestinian Refugees

Yet again we are at a point where our Fabulous Arab leaders meet.

Arab foreign ministers met in the past two days to decide the topics that the leaders will be discussing in the meetings. Having decided on the agenda; the main issues to be discussed will be:
- Reconciliation between Arab states (or 'Differences management')
- The Sudanese issue
- The Arab peace initiative with Israel and the Palestinian reconciliation initiatives

Those are the four main issues that are going to be discussed at the meeting, however, an important issue that needs to be quickly resolved still remains with no solution and has been removed completely from the agenda of the Arab league meetings taking place today in Doha, Qatar, that is the issue of Palestinian refugees stuck on the borders between Jordan and Iraq and Syria and Iraq.

Those refugees living under harsh conditions have no one to help them out and are completely ignored by most media outlets in the Arab world. I must admit that I don't understand the reasons for not allowing those approximately 3000 Palestinian refugees into Syria under humanitarian grounds and with the help of the UN, having allowed 2 million Iraqi refugees into Syria since 2003.

Neither are other rich Arab countries in the Gulf region helping those refugees resettle. Come to think of it, they didn't allow any Iraqi refugees into their countries, yet they host more than 1 million American and other foreign military personnel on their lands. And to be honest solving this problem will be much easier and actually achievable in comparison to the other 'main' issues that are topping the meeting's agenda.

More information on the Palestinian refugees here.