An interesting note:
Ariel Sharon, the
right-wing (read: anti-Palestinian) head of the
Israeli government, was born under the British
mandate in the late
30's. His
British-issued passport lists his
nationality as "Palestinian".
On the other hand, Yasser Arafat, the head of the PLO, is an "Egyptian".
Arafat's situation has changed since I wrote this writeup. Arafat is now indisputably a Palestinian, so the point I was making about the absurdity of the term "Palestinian" is invalid. Still an interesting factoid, however...