I met a Palestinian on a plane once, and we had a long conversation. He was born in an area that is now Jordan, but was not Jordan when he lived there. Later, h

I met a Palestinian on a plane once, and we had a long conversation. He was born in an area that is now Jordan, but was not Jordan when he lived there. Later, he was flying through, and they claimed he was a Jordanian that hadn't performed his mandatory military service, and wouldn't let him leave. He eventually got away by the skin of his teeth when he found a higher up who took pity on him, and allowed him to leave as long as he "promised to return". Very interesting person and I learned a lot about what's going on in that region and why it's so hard to resolve in a way consistent with our modern values.