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PMO: Israel won't take in any Palestinian refugees
By Shmuel Rosner and Aluf Benn
Tags: family unification, Israel 

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Israel will not allow the return of any Palestinian refugees as part of a future statehood deal, Olmert's office said on Thursday.

The rare official statement was issued in response to a Haaretz report that Olmert had proposed absorbing 20,000 refugees per year for 10
years as part of an agreement to establish a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip.
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"The prime minister never offered to absorb 20,000 refugees in Israel. The prime minister again reiterates that under any future agreement, there will not be any return of Palestinian refugees to Israel in any number," Olmert's office said.

There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials.

According to the report, Olmert had proposed to Abbas that the "shelf agreement" the two sides are working on include an agreement for Israel to take in Palestinian refugees as part of "family unification."

Sources in Israel and the United States said that according to Olmert's offer, the absorption would be based on a humanitarian basis and according to a formula to be determined in advance.

The Prime Minister's Office responded to the report by saying: "The prime minister's stance is that the establishment of a Palestinian state is meant to provide an answer to the absorption of Palestinian refugees. Those refugees who are not returned to a Palestinian state will be dealt with by an international force."

"The American stance on this matter is identical to the Israeli stance, as expressed in [U.S.] President [George] Bush's April 2004 letter, in which he says Palestinian refugees will not be returned to the State of Israel but to a future Palestinian state," the PMO added.

According to Haaretz's report, the absorption of these refugees would depend on all the other issues being resolved first, and on the Palestinians agreeing that there would not be a "right of return" to Israel and that most refugees would be absorbed in the future Palestinian state.

Livni: Absorbing refugees would set dangerous precedent

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who is conducting parallel talks with the Palestinians' chief negotiator, Ahmed Qureia, is opposed to Israel's taking in any Palestinian refugees, and also refuses accepting them on the basis of family reunification.

Livni told U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit to Israel last January that allowing any refugees into Israel would set a dangerous precedent.

"It's like in a thriller, where you see the heroine open the door a crack and you know that the man with the knife is going to come in and stab her," Livni told Bush.

In her opinion, Israel must not compromise on letting in refugees, because that would be interpreted as an opening to exercising the "right of return."

Livni made it clear to the American administration that if the cabinet is presented with a memorandum of understanding that includes allowing refugees into Israel, she might vote against it. In the current political situation, Livni's opposition could scuttle the agreement if brought to a government vote.

Washington's position is that the refugee issue is a matter for the Israelis and Palestinians to discuss, but Bush might have a problem if Olmert brings for his government's approval an agreement unacceptable to most ministers.

Bush would have to decide whether to bless the agreement before it has been approved - and thereby enable Olmert to pressure ministers to support the agreement - or refrain from a sympathetic public response. This would signal to the Israeli cabinet that Olmert does not have the automatic backing of the American administration.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is returning to the region next week, and wants an Israeli-Palestinian agreement - even a partial or watered-down one - before Bush's tenure ends. Olmert believes an agreement is still obtainable, and according to political sources close to the talks, the sides have shown more flexibility in recent weeks.

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      1.   olmerde go home right now 08:33  |  BOB KING 14/08/08
      2.   all the five million refugees will have to return home..to Israel 08:34  |  refugee 14/08/08
      3.   THE CRONIES DUPLICITOUS DIPLOMACY! 08:35  |  Ben Uziel 14/08/08
      4.   Olmert has no right to make promises like that 08:37  |  zionist forever 14/08/08
      5.   20,000 Terror People 08:48  |  Khaled 14/08/08
      6.   Tzipi Livni, just say no 08:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/08/08
      7.   Olmert 08:49  |  Edifice 14/08/08
      8.   Why bother? 08:51  |  Awake 14/08/08
      9.   Clown 08:57  |  Jon 14/08/08
      10.   Making Israel into Kosovo,Olmert&the Left speciality 08:57  |  Absolute Sweden 14/08/08
      11.   Not a good idea, better to support transfer with compensation 09:00  |  Meir Weinstein 14/08/08
      12.   Return of 20,000 Palestinians 09:08  |  Jonathan 14/08/08
      13.   Limited right of return, I`ll give Olmert this... 09:08  |  BBSNews 14/08/08
      14.   These Kadima Morons Will Kill Off Israel 09:18  |  Tod Zuckerman 14/08/08
      15.   # 2 How is the maple syrup in Torronto 09:22  |  SJt 14/08/08
      16.   To Meir #2 09:24  |  Choni Davidowitz 14/08/08
      17.   Will Arabs Absorb Jewish Refugees from Arab lands? 09:25  |  Laila 14/08/08
      18.   end negotiations and start civil resistance 09:32  |  B.Saleem 14/08/08
      19.   Olmert won`t stop Talking........ 09:33  |  Dagma 14/08/08
      20.   What Refugees?? 09:38  |  observer 14/08/08
      21.   Better still to have 2 parliaments in 1 state 09:38  |  Lebanese 14/08/08
      22.   Weinstein supports a BANNED ORGANIZATION 09:42  |  Ari ben Yisrael 14/08/08
      23.   Negotiating and making concessions without authority to do so 09:51  |  Shalom Freedman 14/08/08
      24.   BBS there is no such thing as a right of return 09:57  |  PETER SM 14/08/08
      25.   Nothing radical in what Olmert has proposed so far 10:13  |  Sam 14/08/08
      26.   Population swap.... ? 10:18  |  Esther 14/08/08
      27.   Olmert Paying lip service and making empty gestures 10:18  |  Tzfonit 14/08/08
      28.   Welcome to the club Israel 10:18  |  Rusty Shackleford 14/08/08
      29.   Permanent Refugees 10:20  |  Charlie de Wren 14/08/08
      30.   NO RETURN 10:28  |  frank 14/08/08
      31.   Refugee: 750,000 does not equal 5 million 10:28  |  Tzfonit 14/08/08
      32.   The most tempting target in the history of the world 10:33  |  Natallie Durson 14/08/08
      33.   #13 Yeah, BBSNews, but look at the precondition... 10:41  |  Johnboy 14/08/08
      34.   The so called Right of Return ia the biggest obstacle to peace 10:56  |  Daniel Leopold 14/08/08
      35.   This why Mr Abbas won`t make peace with Israel 11:12  |  Daniel Leopold 14/08/08
      36.   A moron Observer from LA. 11:12  |  Historian 14/08/08
      37.   Bravo for Olmert!!! One huge step for PEACE & MANKIND 11:13  |  Ivar 14/08/08
      38.   2 PARLIAMENTS - 1 COUNTRY = ONLY SOLUTION 11:15  |  Peace at last 14/08/08
      39.   A step in the right direction 11:32  |  Edith 14/08/08
      40.   hardly mass-absorption 11:36  |  rm 14/08/08
      41.   The biggest Troyan Horse ever 11:40  |  Nora 14/08/08
      42.   THIS DANGEROUS PRECIDENT MUST NEVER BE SET 11:48  |  Wendy 14/08/08
      43.   Nonsense about Ben Gurion 11:50  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      44.   ALL OF THEM SHOULD BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME 11:57  |  indrajaya 14/08/08
      45.   Palestinians Do NOT View Refugees As A Humanitarian Problem 12:14  |  Ben Israe 14/08/08
      46.   The entire concept of ?right of return? is to demolish Israel. 12:26  |  Jean Van Daem 14/08/08
      47.   #29 - Sorry Charlie... 12:35  |  JES 14/08/08
      48.   Return Back will depend on how u`ll be kicked off 12:39  |  Imad 14/08/08
      49.   13 BBS, wrong! All refugees must be allowed to return to exactly 12:49  |  lakshmi 14/08/08
      50.   Not that many people and you have control 12:52  |  Aphemia 14/08/08
      51.   If Olmert says he didnt then we all believe him right 12:57  |  zionist forever 14/08/08
      52.   "Israel won`t take in any Palestinian refugees" Ed 12:59  |  Akram Zekaria 14/08/08
      53.   Has the West Bank Dropped Off Haaretz Radar? 13:13  |  Maureen Ann 14/08/08
      54.   haaretz always gets it wrong 13:19  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      55.   Who will set the conditions for peace 13:20  |  Lebnani 14/08/08
      56.   #17 Laila Re: Arab Jews 13:24  |  Lebnani 14/08/08
      57.   18 13:38  |  zionist forever 14/08/08
      58.   Lebnani 13:43  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      59.   #33 more invention of johnboy the man who finds rights where ther 13:45  |  victor hardman 14/08/08
      60.   #36 - "Historian" Can`t Rewrite History 14:11  |  Marco 14/08/08
      61.   We Are All Palestinian Refugees... 14:51  |  Reader 14/08/08
      62.   let`s them return 14:55  |  Goldenberg 14/08/08
      63.   Palestinian refugees and their descendants will return 15:22  |  Forever Palestinian 14/08/08
      64.   The PM`s truth(as He sees it) 15:25  |  Gideon Reader 14/08/08
      65.   Lebnani 56 15:30  |  Steven 14/08/08
      66.   Absorb more palestinians 15:32  |  Ezer 14/08/08
      67.   Strange subject - there is no such thing asf rights of refugees. 15:35  |  17 14/08/08
      68.   Leila, would they be given back their property? 15:46  |  judith 14/08/08
      69.   Right of return ? Yes ! 15:58  |  Charles 14/08/08
      70.   Steven #65 15:58  |  Lebnani 14/08/08
      71.   Baruch Hashem! 15:58  |  Dov Katz 14/08/08
      72.   Reader (from Edmonton) you`re a Canadian 16:04  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      73.   Peter SM: there is no such thing as a right of return 16:06  |  wibism 14/08/08
      74.   lakshmi # 49 UNGAR 194 (part 1) 16:19  |  Jeff Northridge 14/08/08
      75.   to #63 forever palestinian 16:22  |  JP 14/08/08
      76.   #32,Oh Natallie D! 16:24  |  THK 14/08/08
      77.   # 2 on refugees.....not into Israel. 16:25  |  Lynn 14/08/08
      78.   44- Indrajaya - Just because you want this will happen in your 16:25  |  JP 14/08/08
      79.   63 16:25  |  zionist forever 14/08/08
      80.   B BS news again talks bigotry 16:27  |  JP 14/08/08
      81.   UN Mandate 16:32  |  Joseph 14/08/08
      82.   #15 & # 16 16:32  |  THK 14/08/08
      83.   Will 1 million Jews return to Arab lands? No. 16:34  |  Laila 14/08/08
      84.   Compensation for Libyan, Egyptian, Iraqi Jews? 16:36  |  Albert 14/08/08
      85.   # 70 Lebnani - friendly correction 16:36  |  17 14/08/08
      86.   #21 One country so that Israel can be like Lebanon 16:38  |  Liliane 14/08/08
      87.   #2: 6 million Jews must return to Arab countries 16:40  |  EgyptJewRefugee 14/08/08
      88.   # 81 Joseph - no so 16:43  |  17 14/08/08
      89.   #56 Lies. Jews cannot return and it would be unsafe 16:43  |  Laila 14/08/08
      90.   # 36 Historian....since none of us are really special 16:46  |  Lynn 14/08/08
      91.   # 86 One country so that Israel can be like Lebanon 16:46  |  SheLoNeda 14/08/08
      92.   lakshmi # 49 UNGAR 194 (part 2) 16:56  |  Jeff Northridge 14/08/08
      93.   We, Israelis, would be out of our mind if we were to agree... 16:57  |  Nadav 14/08/08
      94.   # 49 Shocking news: lakshmi is a parrot ! 16:57  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 14/08/08
      95.   Wrong of Return 17:00  |  Ron 14/08/08
      96.   Lakshmi 17:02  |  Jane 14/08/08
      97.   Divorce 17:04  |  Ron 14/08/08
      98.   errh 17:08  |  jackie 14/08/08
      99.   Israel Won`t Take In Palestinian Refugees 17:11  |  JordanisPalestine 14/08/08
      100.   #89 "Laila"-the only one who`s lying is... 17:22  |  Lebnani 14/08/08
      101.   #44 YOU WOULD BE RIGHT IF ANY PART OF ISRAEL WERE THEIRS;BUT IT`S 17:23  |  glenna 14/08/08
      102.   Dear Indy Iranian Poster Girl #44 They will go to Jordan 17:26  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      103.   #53 Maureen Ann - Your plane dropped off radar 17:28  |  * BEN JABO 14/08/08
      104.   #49 Lakshmi, the expert 17:28  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      105.   #2 refugee , dream on , and 17:29  |  TOMY 14/08/08
      106.   To Moderators Why has my Post been deleted.? 17:30  |  Dagma 14/08/08
      107.   #81 josephs coat is grey and blank 17:32  |  victor hardman 14/08/08
      108.   #80 Jp BBs (or Bs ) news is very one sided what did u expect? 17:32  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      109.   This is not asubject of discussions . 17:33  |  TOMY 14/08/08
      110.   PM vs Salesman 17:38  |  Brod 14/08/08
      111.   It`s ok 17:46  |  Zionist = Joke 14/08/08
      112.   Lebnani you missed the point 17:49  |  Steven 14/08/08
      113.   TOMY 109 17:55  |  Steven 14/08/08
      114.   Dear Lebnani #100 are you into serious Drugs? 18:00  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      115.   to #76, Diversity 18:06  |  Helen 14/08/08
      116.   More propoganda 18:08  |  Israeli Arab 14/08/08
      117.   Lebnani are you nuts? 18:09  |  Steven 14/08/08
      118.   Lebnani #56 18:14  |  David Israel 14/08/08
      119.   115 Helen, but you are not an anti-semite right? 18:14  |  Steven 14/08/08
      120.   I am not a zoinist and... 18:15  |  Jane 14/08/08
      121.   #81 Joseph wow you trip yourself up 18:15  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      122.   Shelf Agreements 18:17  |  Ibrahim 14/08/08
      123.   #86: answer (2 parliament proposal) 18:17  |  Lebanese 14/08/08
      124.   #115 Helen, from a Sabra Jew (me) to you 18:19  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      125.   # 120 Jane " I am not a zoinist" -- Why not? 18:20  |  17 14/08/08
      126.   Israeli Arab who are you kidding? 116 18:23  |  Steven 14/08/08
      127.   NO precedences ? NO shelf solutions 18:28  |  H.H.M. 14/08/08
      128.   It didn`t last anyway Johnboy... 18:31  |  BBSNews 14/08/08
      129.   Helen from Colorado mixinx Saudi with Isarel 18:32  |  David Israel 14/08/08
      130.   this traitorous gangster will bring another holocaust on israel 18:35  |  chaim schonbrun 14/08/08
      131.   Lebnani # 100 _ Re Lies That You Can Believe 18:35  |  Eli 14/08/08
      132.   Hi Jane, the non Zionist from Orlando 18:40  |  Ibrahim 14/08/08
      133.   No. But they take an alleged Jew leaving say persecution. 18:40  |  AMERICAN 14/08/08
      134.   Ibrahim 122 and your goal is to destroy Israel 18:44  |  Steven 14/08/08
      135.   Ibrahim #122 - Now you made a counter offer 18:44  |  David Israel 14/08/08
      136.   No Ibrahim it`s not right to allow a token amount 18:47  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      137.   follow up to the numbers 18:48  |  james 14/08/08
      138.   Israeli Arab - living proof 18:56  |  Observer 14/08/08
      139.   OH THEY WILL...OH THEY WILL 18:58  |  Future Man 14/08/08
      140.   Completing Land Theft 19:04  |  Gray 14/08/08
      141.   Abbas, Olmert and Bush-watch the lame ducks fly 19:04  |  Voice of Reason 14/08/08
      142.   Ibrahim 19:10  |  Jane 14/08/08
      143.   17 I am not a zoinist because.... 19:22  |  Jane 14/08/08
      144.   No right of return 19:33  |  KUTW 14/08/08
      145.   They have a 100% right of return 19:33  |  Marilyn 14/08/08
      146.   "family unification." 19:36  |  KUTW 14/08/08
      147.   #115 Helen 19:42  |  Donald A. Rosenberg, 14/08/08
      148.   145. Marilyn: They have a 000% right of return 19:42  |  KUTW 14/08/08
      149.   Gray #140 _ Clearly Most Americans and All The 19:44  |  Eli 14/08/08
      150.   Right of return to Gaza for the Jews 19:45  |  KUTW 14/08/08
      151.   Jane, stop lying to yourself and others... 19:46  |  BBSNews 14/08/08
      152.   Gray where did hundreds of millions of Americans come from? 19:47  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      153.   American 19:52  |  Jane 14/08/08
      154.   123 19:59  |  zionist forever 14/08/08
      155.   x-ray, I appreciate your honesty 20:03  |  Ibrahim 14/08/08
      156.   marilyn 144 20:04  |  alan 14/08/08
      157.   David Israel 20:09  |  Ibrahim 14/08/08
      158.   BBS News Wat happened to the Camp David Accord with Arafats PLO a 20:11  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      159.   BBS 20:12  |  Jane 14/08/08
      160.   # 140 Gray - try major antipsychotic - you`ll feel relief . 20:13  |  We too 14/08/08
      161.   To 147,Daniel Rosenberg 20:17  |  Helen 14/08/08
      162.   # 143 Jane - You are and so I am 20:18  |  17 14/08/08
      163.   do to palastinians what you want us to do to you 20:20  |  billy jack 14/08/08
      164.   Ibrahim 20:25  |  David Israel 14/08/08
      165.   Ibrahim #157 Perhaps if we open Jerusalem a little more 20:27  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      166.   Eli : A Miner`s Perspective.... 20:30  |  Gray 14/08/08
      167.   Helen do you worship Jesus? 20:30  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      168.   #163 Billy Jack one step further man 20:32  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      169.   billy jack - no immigrantes with stated anti US/Canada 20:32  |  17 14/08/08
      170.   Jane, you do advocate Israeli suicide... 20:34  |  BBSNews 14/08/08
      171.   # 161 Helen - Could you please descibe your planet? Thank you 20:39  |  17 14/08/08
      172.   17 20:39  |  Jane 14/08/08
      173.   BBS 20:41  |  Jane 14/08/08
      174.   Ibrahim, back to your mantra of `pathetic` 20:47  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      175.   ibrahim 132 20:48  |  alan 14/08/08
      176.   # 170 BBSnews "llegal garage on your property" 20:49  |  17 14/08/08
      177.   David Israel, I see your point 20:50  |  Ibrahim 14/08/08
      178.   Gray aren`t you a teacher? 20:52  |  Joe Frazier 14/08/08
      179.   Refugees , peace ... 20:53  |  Charles 14/08/08
      180.   Zionist boy; find yourself another country 20:54  |  Forever Palestinian 14/08/08
      181.   Jews are living in peace in Iran & Arab Countries 20:54  |  Orren Merton 14/08/08
      182.   x-ray 174 20:58  |  alan 14/08/08
      183.   Jane, ALL "settlements" must go... 21:00  |  BBSNews 14/08/08
      184.   Dear Jane #172 Israel would be proud to have you 21:02  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      185.   Forever Palestinian 21:05  |  Jane 14/08/08
      186.   Hi Orren, #181 21:07  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      187.   # 180 Indeed, "...don`t confuse fiction with reality" 21:07  |  Arab Looser 14/08/08
      188.   Dear Forever , you really need a lesson in truth here`s one for y 21:11  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      189.   "17" go `way... 21:11  |  BBSNews 14/08/08
      190.   Dear Forever , you really need a lesson in truth here`s one for y 21:11  |  Big Sur 14/08/08
      191.   Marilyn # 145 No Such "Right" Exists 21:12  |  Jeff Northridge 14/08/08
      192.   Forever Palestine forever disappointed 21:13  |  Joe Frazier 14/08/08
      193.   "#178" Joe "Very Desperate" Frazier 21:15  |  Gray 14/08/08
      194.   Joe "Very Desperate" Frazier..... 21:23  |  Gray 14/08/08
      195.   Orren a few good dhimmis left 21:29  |  Joe Frazier 14/08/08
      196.   Forever Palestine you`re right. Israel belongs to the Jews 21:38  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      197.   A message to PM Olmert 21:44  |  Jim 14/08/08
      198.   180 21:45  |  zionist forever 14/08/08
      199.   alan #182 21:46  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      200.   Owen Merton 21:50  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      201.   # 183 BBSNews shows his concern for Israeli people, how touching 21:57  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 14/08/08
      202.   181. Orren Merton: Jews in Iran & Arab Countries 21:58  |  KUTW 14/08/08
      203.   Ibrahim 22:06  |  David Israel 14/08/08
      204.   to #167, Jesus was a Jew 22:09  |  Heleneileen@monical. 14/08/08
      205.   # 180 Forever Palestinian, a ferocious little coward 22:09  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 14/08/08
      206.   #49 lakshmi 22:12  |  leo 14/08/08
      207.   # 189 BBnews - I learn everyday- mostly from people like you 22:14  |  17 14/08/08
      208.   #179 Charles 22:17  |  Jim 14/08/08
      209.   Pali boy # 180 22:18  |  Macho Man 14/08/08
      210.   THERE WILL NEVER BE PEACE...EVER! 22:25  |  FOREVER 14/08/08
      211.   Forever Palestinian # 180 Aw, That`s Tough! 23:00  |  Jeff Northridge 14/08/08
      212.   re 17 23:01  |  billy jack 14/08/08
      213.   #179 more for Charles 23:02  |  Jim 14/08/08
      214.   Darth, safe in Canada spouting nonsense... 23:07  |  BBSNews 14/08/08
      215.   BS & News where do you get your figures from? 23:08  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      216.   Refugees 23:09  |  BRL 14/08/08
      217.   #176 in response to 17 23:13  |  Warren J 14/08/08
      218.   20000 Palestinien Refugees ... 23:17  |  ami 14/08/08
      219.   GRAY (#140) As if we do not have enough trouble 23:28  |  Gil 14/08/08
      220.   Billy Jack 23:29  |  Jane 14/08/08
      221.   The arrogance of the `Palestinan right of return` 23:30  |  Jess Ghannam 14/08/08
      222.   WIBISM Pals. can go to the Islamic Republic of Palestine 23:32  |  PETER SM 14/08/08
      223.   "AMERICAN" YOU can take a 3rd generation Lebanese and settle him 23:35  |  PETER SM 14/08/08
      224.   Only Solution:23 countries Only one demcratic country 23:35  |  Jonathan 14/08/08
      225.   #198 zionist forever 23:36  |  Jim 14/08/08
      226.   #172 Jane.....Good one 23:37  |  Lynn 14/08/08
      227.   Why was the JP called the Palestinian Post before 1949 23:41  |  Palestinian Jew 14/08/08
      228.   What refugees? From 1948, absurd. They left good luck to 23:43  |  Jack be quick 14/08/08
      229.   Rosner`s Fake Quotes 23:49  |  Shawn Sanders 14/08/08
      230.   Jim you are really ridiculous 23:50  |  x-ray 14/08/08
      231.   Refugees to be reunified with families makes sense and refugees 23:58  |  Smadar 14/08/08
      232.   Jeff; you are better off staying in California 00:01  |  Forever Palestinian 15/08/08
      233.   #180 Forever Palestinian 00:03  |  Jim 15/08/08
      234.   #103 Ben Jabo. I hear tell, you fly airplanes. 00:07  |  Maureen Ann 15/08/08
      235.   Forever Palestinian,bravo! Howdy Jeff Northridge,Jane,other 00:11  |  lakshmi 15/08/08
      236.   #210 x-ray 00:20  |  Jim 15/08/08
      237.   #17, they never wrote, called or visited in 2000 Years.. 00:27  |  Edithann, USA 15/08/08
      238.   Pals+their buddies don`t have power to tell Israel to do ANYTHING 00:29  |  Sam 15/08/08
      239.   #215 lakshim Of the Palestinian refugees not born in Israel... 00:38  |  Smadar 15/08/08
      240.   #214 Maureen Ann - Your hearing is like your writings 00:42  |  * BEN JABO 15/08/08
      241.   Lebnani you are a liar 00:43  |  judith 15/08/08
      242.   #215 lakshmi 00:46  |  Jim 15/08/08
      243.   Forever Palestinian 212 00:48  |  alan 15/08/08
      244.   BSnews - Safe in North Carolina - Pretending he`s reporting 00:48  |  * BEN JABO 15/08/08
      245.   ibrahim 155 00:52  |  alan 15/08/08
      246.   Ibrahim 177 00:54  |  David Israel 15/08/08
      247.   Bravo lakshmi #215 00:56  |  leo 15/08/08
      248.   x-ray, give it up you will... 00:56  |  BBSNews 15/08/08
      249.   READER Re"We are all-"As you claim to speak for the world 00:58  |  PETER SM 15/08/08
      250.   PAL"Refugees"?Newspaper articles from the time tell real story 01:10  |  PETER SM 15/08/08
      251.   #179 Charles (2nd try) 01:11  |  Jim 15/08/08
      252.   REFUGEES?I SEE NO REFUGEES 01:14  |  Ian 15/08/08
      253.   #203 billyjack.....and a courageous fight it is for 01:18  |  Lynn 15/08/08
      254.   #228 Say Ben Jabo, are you out again today? 01:34  |  ballistic 15/08/08
      255.   #221 Go EdithAnn---point out the obvious to em! 01:37  |  ballistic 15/08/08
      256.   #225 Say Judith 01:39  |  ballistic 15/08/08
      257.   226 Jim,Smadar,Leo. Jim, not to mention the prophesy concerning 01:42  |  lakshmi 15/08/08
      258.   #22 Say Sam up in Canada 01:44  |  ballistic 15/08/08
      259.   Ibrahim-# 122-Shelf Agreements 01:52  |  Daniel Leopold 15/08/08
      260.   # 221 Editham - Let us discuss obvious 01:55  |  17 15/08/08
      261.   Forever Palestinian # 212 It Isn`t My State 01:59  |  Jeff Northridge 15/08/08
      262.   BBSnews #183 02:02  |  Brod 15/08/08
      263.   Gray #166 ! For One Thing, You Did Not Answer The Question 02:10  |  Eli 15/08/08
      264.   # 30 To What Olmerd Is Trying To Do:The Answer RESIGN OLMERT! 02:12  |  . 15/08/08
      265.   # 189 BBSnews - "The an inability to to grasp central facts. " 02:14  |  17 15/08/08
      266.   #37 BULSHIT IVAR!One big catastrophy,you Stupid Jerk! 02:15  |  . 15/08/08
      267.   # 42 Wendy.Olmerd Must Be Voted Out Quick! 02:18  |  . 15/08/08
      268.   #69 Charles..I`ve Heard Of Jokes,But,this Beatsd Them ALL!! 02:24  |  . 15/08/08
      269.   # 253 Correction: 2. GC is NOT applicable... 02:27  |  17 15/08/08
      270.   # 189 BBSnews - "The an inability to to grasp central facts. " 02:31  |  17 15/08/08
      271.   Ballistic-You are nothing but hot air 02:34  |  Sam 15/08/08
      272.   Jeff; too much sun in California 02:36  |  Forever Palestinian 15/08/08
      273.   #253 Three strikes and 17 is out..... 02:36  |  Johnboy 15/08/08
      274.   Eli : I`ll clarify: 1, 2, 3, 02:36  |  Gray 15/08/08
      275.   Ballistic - You really are thick 02:41  |  * BEN JABO 15/08/08
      276.   #197 Jim..I wasn`t Aware That you Have taken Office In the Knesse 02:42  |  anonymous 15/08/08
      277.   #240 Say Ian 02:44  |  ballistic 15/08/08
      278.   #180 Never "Palestinian". It`s delusions like that which explain 02:45  |  Chaim 15/08/08
      279.   #Ben Jabo, action man... 02:50  |  Maureen Ann 15/08/08
      280.   The only right that so called Pals have is to disappear silently 03:11  |  Alex 15/08/08
      281.   Natallie, Israel is very diverse 03:11  |  judith 15/08/08
      282.   lakshmi # 223 Those Do Not Apply 03:14  |  Jeff Northridge 15/08/08
      283.   Gray #265 _ When I Saw the Title " I`ll Clarify: 1,2,3 03:14  |  Eli 15/08/08
      284.   Ballistic, the point is... 03:15  |  judith 15/08/08
      285.   261, NYC Technicalities 03:18  |  A1 15/08/08
      286.   #219 Jack be Quick..You see we people do not sit and wait. 03:31  |  anonymous 15/08/08
      287.   Some very disturbed zionists on here 03:32  |  Labhras 15/08/08
      288.   Maureen Ann From Bathurst Re *BEN JABO 03:35  |  Eli 15/08/08
      289.   INSUFFICIENT RESPONSA. 03:35  |  IamJOSEPH 15/08/08
      290.   EDITHANN Jews have lived there continuously for millenia 03:36  |  PETER SM 15/08/08
      291.   # 264 Joyhnboy - Too painfull to see the reality? 03:47  |  17 15/08/08
      292.   #69 Charles, be advised that you have set the precedent 04:02  |  Ben Alofs 15/08/08
      293.   Israel should filter bad elements and apply laws 04:33  |  Just Me 15/08/08
      294.   #235 BJ, you can`t diminished BBSN 04:35  |  ballistic 15/08/08
      295.   David Israel, I understand 04:38  |  Ibrahim 15/08/08
      296.   alan from toronto 04:42  |  Ibrahim 15/08/08
      297.   Daniel Leopold is hurting for excuses... 04:45  |  Ibrahim 15/08/08
      298.   Thank U Omert for thinking of the Jewish victims from Arab world 04:52  |  A Jew from Egypt 15/08/08
      299.   #252 Jeff N always paints with broad strokes 04:54  |  Johnboy 15/08/08
      300.   re lynn 06:17  |  billy jack 15/08/08
      301.   Then there`s no problem 06:54  |  Colin Wright 15/08/08
      302.   #67 Another question for you, 17 07:29  |  Johnboy 15/08/08
      303.   Damn I was hoping for a reply from Gray 07:31  |  x-ray 15/08/08
      304.   Billy Jack 07:31  |  judith 15/08/08
      305.   REFUGEES SHOW HOW HOPELESS PEACE IS! 07:50  |  Joe 15/08/08
      306.   Billy Jack & Lynn - Not all Natives are Restless 08:22  |  Mark of Lewiston 15/08/08
      307.   272 Colin - More Importantly 08:26  |  Mark of Lewiston 15/08/08
      308.   Billy Jack 08:27  |  Jane 15/08/08
      309.   Jim 204 08:53  |  Charles 15/08/08
      310.   JOE They know its a deal breaker,trying to force a hostile 08:59  |  PETER SM 15/08/08
      311.   #189 - BBS`s vacuous statistics 09:17  |  JES 15/08/08
      312.   #273 - Not quite 09:36  |  JES 15/08/08
      313.   refugees 10:58  |  lebanese girl 15/08/08
      314.   Maureen Ann - Inaction woman 16:06  |  * BEN JABO 15/08/08
      315.   Ibrahim - all is mutual 18:27  |  David Israel 15/08/08
      316.   BSnews is doing a fabulous job 19:38  |  * BEN JABO 15/08/08
      317.   Ben Alofs . not a precedent 20:21  |  Charles 15/08/08
      318.   labhras , ireland 20:24  |  Charles 15/08/08
      319.   refugees 23:57  |  MGerald Fried 15/08/08
      320.   Transfer of population 22:38  |  Elie 16/08/08
      321.   Or Let Me Put That Another Way......As Long As Israel Denies.... 03:22  |  Reader 18/08/08
      322.   They have their own larger land its called Jordan. 17:56  |  Lee 06/09/08
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