So, Jimmy Carter.

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Uh. You sure you should be fact checking anyone?

Arafat only began to be concerned with the Palestinians living in Israel when those Palestinians began their own uprising

FALSE. Read transcripts of Arafat's address to the UN General Assembly in November, of 1974.

Arafat "And still, the highest tension exists in our part of the world. There the Zionist entity clings tenaciously to occupied Arab territory; Zionism persists in its aggressions against us and our territory. "

http://electronicintifada.net/bytopi...ches/305.shtml
http://www.mideastweb.org/arafat_at_un.htm

Then there's the PLO charter circa 1968:

Article 1: Palestine is the homeland of the Arab Palestinian people; it is an indivisible part of the Arab homeland, and the Palestinian people are an integral part of the Arab nation. http://www.iris.org.il/plochart.htm

Let's stop there. If you don't have the basic timeline down, then there's no reason to debate Arafat's activity in Tunisia. Most accounts accept that at worst, the PLO was directing the the first Intifada using leaflets, early on if not from the get-go.

Is there a difference, in your opinion, between the causes of the Palestinian refugees, the Palestinians living in Israel, and the jihadis fighting a proxy war against the West via the Palestinian conflict? If so, how so?

Can you rephrase that question? I have no idea what you're asking. Maybe I'm slow tonight, or maybe you worded that wrong. Are there different Arabs with different ideals and beliefs? If that's the distinction you want me to make, then sure.