I'm an Arab
I can absolutely assure you the vast majority of Arabs do not want equity for Jewish people. Not all, but certainly most. Our leaders have to be very careful not to say anything that might even seem they are not on board with the concept of "throw them in the sea".
75% of us, according to global studies hold antisemitic views. It is completely normal in our societies and not in any way stigmatised to be openly racist to Jews, and indeed actually to other groups. Similarly homophobia is also rife, normalised as is misogyny. It's really important to understand this.
There are several Arab nations who are making moves towards general modernisation - such as the UAE - but there are several more who support and fund the murder of Jewish civilians and who do not want to modernise anything.
Of those 22 countries who advocate for a two state solution where everyone lives together in one big happy family, all of them subscribe to a human rights charter that lauds the right of self determination for all peoples, but explicitly excludes Jews. It implies they are European and don't belong in the middle east at all - so this is the level of what you are dealing with.
Most of them participated in the purge of Jews from their lands - 850,000 in 1945 has now fallen to only 4,000 at most - a staggering decline of 99%. All of them, incidentally, have sat silently whilst minorities were persecuted and ethnically cleansed around the region.
The only human rights they are really interested in is the right of Palestinians to live in Israel, which is not a human right actually. But you are highly naive if you think their motivations are noble here.
I am not talking about Arab people - I am talking about governments. But yes, sadly these views are also held by a lot of the general population. Finding an Arab who genuinely believes in Jewish self determination, and that they have a right to be in Israel is actually quite hard and I have lost a lot of friends and family over it!
If not fully on board with groups like Hamas as states like Qatar are, the remainder pander to their more extreme populations, which are Muslim nationalist in ideology and deeply antisemitic due to decades of open indoctrination to this. On a smaller scale you see this here where our government panders to extremists - the same occurs there.
They walk a line between going along with that, and ensuring they keep their own positions are safe. Hamas, Iran, and others pose a direct threat to the monarchies and various leaders - these extremists are waiting in the wings to take hold of countries like Egypt or Jordan and these people are well aware of it which is why they brutally quash the ideas of groups like Hamas whilst simultaneously supporting them.
So in terms of Israel, honestly, I think you are seriously mislead if you think the Arab states want anything other than their own security.
The right of return is documented clearly by the The 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, endorsed by all 22 members of the Arab League as a strict condition for any two state solution and none has ever made any statement to change this. In most cases their populations would not accept it being removed.
In 1979, Egypt's president Sadat signed the Camp David Accords, making Egypt the first Arab country to officially recognise Israel.
He was assassinated for it.
That is the environment here and nobody is going to really stick out their neck for Israel.
The facts of reality on this are as follows:
The Palestinian Authority figures estimate 7.4 million Palestinians would be eligible for this right of return. There are roughly 10.03 million people in Israel, 7.1 million of which are Jews and 2 million of which are Arab Muslims. So you would be would be looking at a 60% Muslim and 40% Jewish population if this were to occur.
Thankfully, having experienced and been raised in secular democracy, the Muslims in Israel prefer it. Polls have been taken which show this, but polls show the Muslims who are not Israeli feel the opposite way.
So really think about it.
What you are talking about here is giving the rights of 7 million people - and we do not know how many support Hamas and this kind of ideology - although we do know polls initially said 70% or more supported October 7 so this is a problematic situation.
Many of these people are coming from a life where murdering Jewish people was not just okay, but celebrated in a very big way.
Most of these people would be coming from an Islamic theocracy - which they voted for - and polls show their residents have very highly conservative Islamic views on par with Pakistan or Afghanistan. For example almost all believe homosexuality should be illegal.
Most would be coming from a culture where they have spent their entire life hearing their government or school teachers or even their parents promising to toss Jews into the sea rather than working through ideas about living as friends beside them.
They are simply not prepared to share a secular democracy with Jews, and quickly, if not immediately, they would have a majority in the population. When they vote at their first election, what do you think they will be voting for? A liberal inclusive society? Or to criminalise homosexuality? Or to deport Jews to Europe?
I mean these are not concocted fantasies really are they?
They do not currently have, nor do they have the framework for, a viable political representation that isn't Hamas-style. It doesn't exist. Partly because when you have an Islamic theocracy it is absolute. You are taught from birth it is the only permissible way to live - I lived in a much milder version and it took me literally years to feel comfortable letting those things go. It is a huge leap for people psychologically and generally happens gradually over decades if not generations.
Add to that, over the last 20 years, if any Palestinian in Gaza or the West bank showed the slightest sign of wanting to live peacefully with Jews or advocated for that in any political sense - they have been killed. So those people don't exist. There is no Palestinian group marching for peace with Jews.
Over here in Britain, you will hear very educated people from western democracies with a fairly unbiased education system tell you they think Jews should go back to Poland. Try and imagine how those sorts of sentiments are in Palestinian territories.
Add to that, it is practically ridiculous.
7 million people would suddenly have a right to live there - with no explanation or where they would live or work or what school places they would have or what doctors or hospital beds they would have. It is a tiny place. There is no room for this or plan for this.
I think your suggestion makes great sense, and that would be fantastic. But the "effective right of return" by giving back some land won in the various wars is exactly what Israel has offered already.
This isn't "propaganda" this is documented fact:
At the 2000 Camp David Summit, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the Palestinians a state comprising 100% of Gaza and 92–94% of the West Bank, with additional land swaps to compensate. The deal included East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital, with control over Arab neighbourhoods, and proposed joint or limited sovereignty over the Temple Mount. It also included a symbolic return or financial compensation for Palestinian refugees, but not a full right of return to Israel. At the follow-up talks in Taba, Barak offered up to 97% of the West Bank and nearly 100% of pre-1967 territory through swaps.
Yasser Arafat rejected the offer outright without making a counterproposal.
His primary objections centred on two demands: full right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, which Israel deemed a demographic threat exactly as I have described, and total Palestinian sovereignty over all of East Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount.
So while what you have suggested is completely reasonable, and I agree with that, it is not what the Arab League or Palestinians have suggested and they have refused already what you are suggesting.