(Of course, Israelis who marry Americans or any non-Palestinian foreigners are not subjected to this treatment).
Some of the prisoners are non-Palestinian Arabs, and a handful belong to the militant Islamic movements.
But even poems based on distinctly non-Palestinian subjects - such as Visions Of Henry, inspired by a painting by William Faulkner - hark back to her "lost homeland".
Of that sum, however, about $100 million would be redirected to the United Nations and other non-Palestinian groups to spend for basic human needs like food, health and schools.
She noted that it did not apply to non-Palestinian foreign spouses of Israelis, and she said that it was aimed at Israel's Arab citizens as well as Palestinians.
They said the Jordanian government acted to preserve its own interest, trying to appease non-Palestinian Jordanians concerned about the growing economic and political influence of citizens of Palestinian descent, a charge Mr. Sharif denied.
In contrast, regular Syrian refugees face six-month waits just to register with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which handles all non-Palestinian refugees.
He blamed Palestinian officials for manipulating the news media, and the Palestinian government for the fact that 80percentt of Palestinians get their news from non-Palestinian sources -- al Jazeera and "even enemy news sources," that is, the Arabic-language Israeli news programs.
Israel has also built new roads in the West Bank, exclusively for non-Palestinians.
He estimates that 50,000 Palestinian expatriates and non-Palestinians from all walks of life have been denied access to the Palestinian territories since early 2006.
Claude Léostic, 50, from Brest, France, one of about 40 non-Palestinians in the compound, had entered at the beginning of the siege in solidarity with those inside.
