> Which Palestinians are you thinking of who are still fighting this pre-1948 home thing? It's the publicly declared goal of Hamas, BDS, and most of the Palest

> Which Palestinians are you thinking of who are still fighting this pre-1948 home thing? It's the publicly declared goal of Hamas, BDS, and most of the Palestinian diaspora. The PLO is an interesting case - traditionally they also never forfeited the right of return but Abu Mazen made some interesting claims around a decade ago about how he personally doesn't want to go back to his old home or something like that. Nevertheless, it seems impossible for any Palestinian leader to publicly forfeit the right of return. Its political (and possibly physical) suicide for anyone who tries that. The right of return is foundational for Palestinians, I find it surprising you haven't picked that up from talking to Palestinians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_right_of_return#Scope_of_the_issue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_right_of_return#Sc... "The majority of Palestinians consider that their homeland was lost during the establishment of Israel in 1948, and see the right of return as crucial to a peace agreement with Israel, even if the vast majority of surviving refugees and their descendants do not exercise that right" Now the even if the the vast majority do not exercise that right is speculation imo, and wrong. Many will exercise that right (otherwise why insist on this? it's a no go for any peace plan).