Nearly 2 million Palestinian refugees live in Jordan, the only country to grant citizenship to many of the Palestinian refugees living within its borders. As a result, some consider the Palestinians with Jordanian citizenship already permanently resettled in the country – although Palestinians in Jordan, both the original refugees and their descendants, cling to the idea of returning to their homes as much as Palestinians in other countries.
"We have the full right and we will not give it up," Abu Mohammad, a refugee in Jordan, told Al Jazeera. "We are shocked," he added, "as we have been waiting for sixty years to return, only to find that others have given up our rights."
The leaked Palestine papers reveal a disagreement between the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Jordanian government over the right of return, according to Al Jazeera. Jordan reportedly felt that the PLO's negotiations with Israel were endangering a right to return claimed by Palestinians in Jordan. The PLO's proposal, revealed in the Palestine Papers, of allowing 10,000 Palestinians to return every year for 10 years would still leave nearly 2 million refugees in Jordan.
