(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Pinhas Inbari - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have erupted in a new intifada: demanding integration in Lebanon. The trigger was Lebanese Ministry of Labor action against foreign laborers, including Palestinians, who, even after decades in Lebanon, are still considered guests and cannot receive work permits. The Lebanese don't want the one million Sunni Syrians, as well as many Palestinians from the Syrian camps, who flooded the country during the Syrian crisis. The Palestinians are signaling that they don't believe the PLO slogans of the right of return to Palestine and want to be absorbed into Lebanon. No refugee from Syria wants to go to Palestine; they all want to go to Turkey and beyond to Europe. The writer, a veteran Arab affairs correspondent, is an analyst for the Jerusalem Center.
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