ChChapter 2: Origins and influences of nationality law solutions pursued with regard to statelessness do not seem viable to address their case. The concept of Palestinian nationality is also inextricably linked to the larger issue of Palestinian statehood. Furthermore, the statelessness of the Palestinians has not only had severe consequences for the lives and communities affected, but the whole political discourse surrounding nationality laws in the MENA region – including on the introduction of norms that would prevent statelessness more broadly, to the benefit of others individuals and groups - is heavily dominated by the Palestinian problem. The rendering of millions of Palestinians stateless came at a volatile and tumultuous time in the region. At the establishment of Israel, two factors are of critical importance to note: the emphasis that was adopted by this new State on the Jewish nature of their country and the large-scale displacement of Arab populations from the state’s territory. Both of these were to render millions stateless, both through their displacement and their inability to obtain the citizenship of the new State. Furthermore, the majority of displaced Palestinians eventually found themselves in the neighbouring countries. Although many in the first wave of displacement were able to obtain nationality, mostly as Jordanians, in 1965 the Arab League attempted to address the stateless Palestinian refugee issue through the Casablanca 53