Claiming the trappings of Statehood--whilst segregating its citizens into two different classes--is a recipe for continuing tension and future conflict
With more than three million Syrians fleeing war-torn Syria seeking safe havens in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Europe--scarce United Nations resources continue to be used supporting and maintaining about 760000 Palestinian Arabs currently living in the West Bank and registered as "refugees" with the United Nations Relief And Works Agency (UNRWA).
Their refugee categorization and status was changed on 3 January 2013 when PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas replaced the "Palestinian Authority" with the "State of Palestine" by this decree: