I agree with everything in this response and just quibble a little bit with Palestine being a country. "the student had every right to stand with her PEOPLE even if they do not have country as long as she does not call for acts in conflict with international or local laws."

The history of Palestine that you related seems accurate, I was born in 1958 and started defending the rights of the Arabs displaced by the creation of Israel in the mid 1970's while I was still in High School. I am well aware of the history of the Levant.

I have a problem with people's that insist on a country that they can call their own instead of working for fair treatment in the countries where they currently live. In the Levant there are at least 2 different groups using terrorism to agitate for a country they can call their own. The Kurds and the Palestinians, in response to this agitation Israel, Syria, Türkiye, and Iran are using disproportionate force in an unlawful manner to suppress these Terrorists causing great harm to the civilian populations. Lebanon and Jordan are isolating Palestinians in refugee camps and not integrating them into their populations in a way that might not be a violation of international law but in this way harms these refugees and is a breeding ground for terrorists.

It seems unlikely that there will be a Palestinian state nor a Kurdish state. The status quo of terroristic war can be expected to continue indefinitely as the people with power are using this war to further their political positions and generate income from the arms and smuggling deals that come with it.

TEK