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| Middle East |
| Palestinians Hint at Softer Position |
| 2002-06-19 |
| In an outline for a final peace deal presented to the United States, the Palestinians hint at softening positions on refugees and offer Israel sovereignty in parts of the Old City of Jerusalem. The proposal was delivered to Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington last week by visiting top Palestinian Cabinet Minister Nabil Shaath. With the new proposal, the Palestinians apparently hoped to generate good will in the increasingly critical administration of President Bush. The unofficial outline adheres to long-standing Palestinian positions, such as seeking traditionally Arab east Jerusalem as capital of a Palestinian state, but appears to soften other positions. So at the same time that's happening there are back to back autoboomers. Who's jobbing whom? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |