Disaster! What the Naqba, or that they haven't improved their lot in 60 years.

Submitted by trans-parere (Canada), May 5, 2010 at 20:31

A [non-declared State] of extreme ruin and misfortune. Irremediable due to religious-geopolitical intractability and a total financial reliance on the generosity of the declared States, whom they wish to emulate in principle, demanding all the rights and rewards while taking on none of the duty or responsibilities demonstrable of a society.

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