Lebanon's continuing refusal to allow Palestinian refugees to settle

This undoubtedly will provoke more Israeli criticism of Arab states who refuse to "take in" their Arab brethren; and one can only deplore the circumstances of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon; but to allow them to settle would saddle Lebanon with major demographic issues, as well as threaten the recent rise of Lebanon's Shia (including Hezbollah) by infusing a large Sunni element into the mix.