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He said that? He said, "The Palestinians do not want all the land they lost in war returned to them"? I read the entire article three times and didn't see anything in there about Bush saying something and the Palestinians being held to it. Can you point that out for me?
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Im not sure Im following what youre trying to say here? Here:
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In another concession to Mr Sharon, the president said any Palestinian refugees who wanted to return should be accommodated on Palestinian land.
The solution to the Palestinian refugee problem, he said, "will need to be found through the establishment of a Palestinian state and the settling of Palestinian refugees there - rather than Israel".
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PM Qurei:
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The Palestinian prime minister said Mr Bush had apparently given "himself the right to make concessions on behalf of the Palestinians... we cannot accept this under any circumstances".
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If what you mean by this is "being held to it"(Bush's statement), then no, I doubt the Palestinians will feel this way.
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Can you point that out to me too, please? I read about Israel deciding to give back some land they rightfully won by war, but I didn't read anything about Bush giving away land.
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Again, Bush isn't
literally giving away Palestinian land (it is not his to give away) But his statement implies that he has no problem with Israel taking over large chunks of the West Bank:
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He said the "realities on the ground and in the region have changed greatly" and should be reflected in any final peace deal.
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Do you really think that this is going to
encourage Sharon to negotiate these parcels with the Palestinians?
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I'm sure they're not the orginal owners. Does anyone know who the original owners of Israel are so we can get their land back to them?
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Whats wrong with giving the land to the people that actually live there? The Ottomans, like the Romans before them and the British after,
ruled the land, but for the most part, didn't live there.
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Can you point to me where Bush forbade refugees from returning to live in "their" land.
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Again, Im not sure if I follow what you are trying to say. Are you being very literal here? I originally said that he was "dictating terms". Maybe I should have said that he was attempting to do so. Here is where Bush "forbade" refugees from returning to live in "their" land:
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The solution to the Palestinian refugee problem, he(Bush) said, "will need to be found through the establishment of a Palestinian state and the settling of Palestinian refugees there - rather than Israel".
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