Forgotten Legal Rights

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From Forgotten Legal Rights: After most armed conflicts, the international community has sought to re-establish the status quo ante – the previous situation – as part of a political settlement. However, many aspects of the prewar status quo in 1967 were untenable, if not illegal. Jordan and Egypt previously occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a result of an invasion by the Arab states in 1948 that the UN Secretary-General at the time, Trygve Lie, called an act of “aggression.” In the Six-Day War nearly 20 years later, Israel entered these territories in what was plainly a war

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Dangers of the Saudi Initiative

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From Dangers of the Saudi Initiative: The objective of the Saudi initiative is to diplomatically achieve everything the Arab world was unable to achieve through war and terror: The return of refugees and return to the borders of June 4, 1967, that invited aggression. And the Arabs are not relating to these issues as points for negotiation, but rather as a precondition to their actual willingness to engage in talks. Their refusal to make any amendments to the plan only confirms it. The Saudi initiative also seeks to convene a conference attended by the international Quartet (U.S., Europe, Russia, and

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Olmert: No Palestinian “Right of Return”

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Yeah, I had to read this more than once also. From Olmert: No Palestinian “Right of Return”: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Jerusalem Post that Israel would not accept the return to Israel of any Palestinian refugees. It is “out of the question,” he said. “I’ll never accept a solution that is based on their return to Israel, any number.” Olmert also said Israel would not recognize a “right of return.” “I will not agree to accept any kind of Israel responsibility for the refugees,” he said.The initiative adopted Thursday by the Arab League was the same one passed

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