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To: arutz-7@israelnationalnews.com, arutz-7b@israelnationalnews= .com From: Arutz-7 Editor <feedback@israelnationalnews.com> Subject: Arutz-7 News: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001
Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001 / Cheshvan 13, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINE:
RED CROSS HEAD RESIGNS IN PROTEST OF ANTI-ISRAEL DISCRIMINATION
Excerpts from an op-ed in yesterday's Washington Post by former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, entitled "Red Cross Double Cro= ss"
"Dr. Bernadine Healy's resignation as president of the American Red Cross is a tragedy. This remarkable woman has, in less than two years, forced major reforms on a reluctant governing body and shown superb crisis management skills in the aftermath of the terrible events of Sept. 11.
"But this is not all she should be remembered for. Healy, shortly after she took office, discovered that the American Red Cross had acquiesced for=
decades in the policy of the International Federation of the Red Cross and=
Red Crescent to oppose accepting Magen David Adom as a legitimate emblem o= f the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross. She rightly saw this as, at best,=
turning a blind eye on a moral wrong; in an act of great moral courage, sh= e set about to put things right...
"When it became obvious that the federation (and most of its member states) were not going to change their ways, Healy settled in for a long and sometimes nasty battle. She made it clear to the federation and her ow= n board that the American Red Cross was no longer prepared to accept in silence a policy that was inimical to our deepest held values and that put=
the lie to the federation's claims of universality.
"...I recently sent Healy a memorandum that laid out the issues as I saw them: 'The refusal of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to reverse its long-standing opposition to accepting Magen David Adom as a legitimate emblem of the Israeli Red Cross equivalent is, and has been from the inception of this exclusionary policy, immoral. As such it has no place in an organization which purports to be philanthropic=
in its purposes, and caring for the least of us in its practices...'
"...Those of us who, like Healy, believe that the American Red Cross must represent the best of our nation have lost not just a battle but a war."
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Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Friday, Nov. 2, 2001 / Cheshvan 16, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINE:
NETANYAHU ON BBC
Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appeared on BBC this week, explaining Israel's position in the war against the Palestinian Authority's terrorism. "[They practically] invented the art of suicide bombing," Netanyahu said. "They have suicide kindergartens where children 3 and 5 years old are taught [it], and suicide universities that glorify these acts and re-enact the Sbarro restaurant slaughter... On the day of the World Trade Center, Arafat said that they are honorable people, the salt of the earth... If someone thinks that pressure on Israel to make concessions to terrorists would not further embolden them, this is a big mistake." When told that the PA had condemned the terrorism and was doing everything they could to stop it, Netanyahu said, "First of all, they're lying... Hamas says openly, in Arabic and English, that their goal is to destroy Israel; Arafat says this only in Arabic..."
Netanyahu was pressured by the interviewers if he had nothing to offer: "Is there then nothing on which you can compromise, Mr. Netanyahu?" His response:
"Israel has gone a long way towards Arafat, including several concessions which I felt were too much. But Arafat rejected this, because what we were offering - a state side-by-side with Israel - is not what he wants; he wants a state *instead* of Israel... He says over and over, in Arabic, that he intends to demolish the State of Israel. [I myself came to agreements with him, but I insisted that he carry out his end of the agreements. But now,] there can be no compromise [or negotiations] with one who wants to use those very talks to destroy you."
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To: arutz-7@israelnationalnews.com, arutz-7b@israelnationalnews= .com From: Arutz-7 Editor <feedback@israelnationalnews.com> Subject: Arutz-7 News: Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001
Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001 / Cheshvan 18, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINES: 1. TERRORISTS CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO KILL PM SHARON 2. WITHDRAWAL FROM KALKILYE EXPECTED TONIGHT
1. TERRORISTS CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO KILL PM SHARON A terrorist plan was afoot to assassinate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during one of his visits to the Old City of Jerusalem. Four Arabs are accused of participation in the plot, according to a charge sheet submitted this morning in the Beit El Military Court. The four acted originally on behalf of Fatah, and later for Fatah-Jihad. The charges specify that the assassination was to take place from a window of one of the four's homes in the Old City. The GSS forbids Sharon from visiting his home in what is known as the Moslem Quarter of the Old City, in light of the threats on his life.
2. WITHDRAWAL FROM KALKILYE EXPECTED TONIGHT Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Cabinet this morning that he intends to order the withdrawal of the army forces tonight from the PA-controlled city of Kalkilye, east of Herzliyah. Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reports that although the decision is not final, "all signs point to a withdrawal." Even today's attack in Jerusalem was not expected to change these plans, because it occurred in Jerusalem, not in Kalkilye. The withdrawal that was considered from Ramallah, however, has apparently been put off.
"I am skeptical," Huberman said, "about the announcement that the military offensive has 'exhausted itself.' The fact is that this action has shown very good results, such as the thwarting of several attacks and the capture or killing of many important terrorists. It could be that Blair's visit also contributed to the relative quiet of the past days, but certainly the army's presence in these areas is very important to Israel's defense."
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon advised US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer yesterday that because of the "security situation" in Israel, he would not be able to visit Washington this week. Today Sharon said that he wanted to remain here to supervise the planned withdrawal of the IDF from PA-controlled areas.
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To: arutz-7@israelnationalnews.com, arutz-7b@israelnationalnews= .com From: Arutz-7 Editor <feedback@israelnationalnews.com> Subject: Arutz-7 News: Monday, November 5, 2001
Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Monday, Nov. 5, 2001 / Cheshvan 19, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINE:
P.A. SPOKESMAN: CONSTITUTION JUSTIFIES PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE
The Palestinian Authority is unhappy with remarks made by a United States official equating the 14 months of Palestinian violence against Israel with "terror." Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield said on Friday that the violence is "an ongoing process of calculated terror and escalation." Arafat-aide Ahmed Abdul Rahman said, "We condemn these statements by Mr. Satterfield because they are in fact misleading, biased to the Israeli side and failing to tell the truth." Rahman said that Palestinian violence is actually justified by the U.S. Constitution, which "considers resisting the foreign occupation as a legitimate right for peoples."
Israel, on the other hand, was pleased with Satterfield's remarks, with Prime Minister Sharon's press advisor Raanan Gissin calling them a "very good step." Gissin said that the intifada "was a strategic decision by Arafat to launch a terror campaign against Israel. There was nothing spontaneous about it."
Another point of contention between Israel and the PA was the U.S. decision of Friday to include Hamas and Islamic Jihad on its list of terrorist organizations and to limit their financial operations. Gissin said that the decision "limits their operations in the United States. But now they must be put on a most wanted list to stop other countries from giving them sanctuary." Rahman protested the new classification, saying that Hamas and Jihad "do not conduct any action against the United States," but direct their violence only "against the Israeli occupation."
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To: arutz-7@israelnationalnews.com, arutz-7b@israelnationalnews= .com From: Arutz-7 Editor <feedback@israelnationalnews.com> Subject: Arutz-7 News: Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001
Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001 / Mar-Cheshvan 20, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
ARAFAT THREATENS TO DECLARE
The Arabic London-based newspaper Al Hayat reports that Yasser Arafat may declare a Palestinian state during his speech in the United Nations next week. The paper quotes PA sources to this effect. However, some say that this report itself is merely a means of pressuring U.S. President George Bush to agree to meet Arafat. Bush has apparently reversed his original plan to meet with Arafat during the UN General Council meeting in New York next week. Arafat's aide MK Ahmed Tibi said this morning that he knows nothing of an intention by Arafat to declare a state.
Dr. Guy Bechor of the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya told Arutz-7 today that it does not appear at all logical that Arafat would consider declaring a state at this time: "I think he has no interest in declaring nor in having such a state. First of all, as soon as there is a state, Israel has no further responsibility towards the Arabs there, just like Israel has no obligation to concern itself with the employment and sustenance of the Egyptians or the Lebanese. Secondly, if he declares a state, he would have to become a real leader - not just a legend, etc. Arafat currently sees himself as the continuation of the line of leaders, beginning with Salah a-Din, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Saddam Hussein; but to establish a state is not so easy [and it would take away from his legendary image]. Third, he would then have to decide how big Hamas would be, how much representation, etc. These are not simple matters, and his mind is not quite ready for these. Also, if he declares a state on the territory he already has, it's as if he's giving in and accepting what we gave him, and the world will say, look, Israel gave you a state - what more do you want? ... On the other hand, if he does declare, what's the big deal? He already did so in Algiers in 1988..."
Minister Danny Naveh was asked what Israel should do in the event that Arafat declares a state. "My recommendation," Naveh told Arutz-7, "would be that if Arafat declares unilaterally, we should also take unilateral steps of our own, as the Netanyahu government decided, including the possibility of annexing certain areas in Judea and Samaria..."
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met with Arafat in Brussels last night. Peres took the opportunity to criticize the Belgian government for allowing a group of Palestinians to sue Prime Minister Sharon for his part in events relating to the Sabra and Shatila massacres of 1982. "What can a Belgian judge know about suicide terrorists and the like?" asked Peres.
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To: arutz-7@israelnationalnews.com, arutz-7b@israelnationalnews= .com From: Arutz-7 Editor <feedback@israelnationalnews.com> Subject: Arutz-7 News: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2001
Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2001 / Cheshvan 21, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINES: 1. IDF LEAVES RAMALLAH 2. BUSH WON'T MEET ARAFAT
1. IDF LEAVES RAMALLAH IDF forces withdrew from the PA-controlled city of Ramallah last night, but are stationed outside the city in an encircling deployment. Israeli forces remain in Area A only in Tul Karem and around Jenin, but they too are scheduled for withdrawal in the coming days. During the IDF's 18-day stay in Ramallah, the forces killed and arrested a number of wanted terrorists.
Terrorist attacks continued in Gaza, including a mortar shell at a Jewish community in northern Gaza and two grenades at an IDF outpost near N'vei Dekalim. Two more mortar shells at Gush Katif community early this afternoon. Damage was caused, and an exchange of fire followed.
IDF soldiers today killed the Arab who brutally murdered Dov Dribben at the Maon Farm, south of Hevron, in April 1998. Dribben was attacked by some 8-10 Arabs. The undercover unit attempted to arrest the murderer this afternoon, but when he pulled out a gun and attempted to resist, they shot him; he died of his wounds shortly thereafter.
2. BUSH WON'T MEET ARAFAT U.S. President George Bush will not meet with Yasser Arafat during the upcoming UN General Council sessions in New York. Administration officials told Reuters that Prime Minister Sharon's cancellation of his visit to Washington and meeting there with Bush had much to do with Bush's decision not to meet Arafat. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Zalman Shoval said that there's no question that Israel is happy with the decision, "because a meeting between Bush and Arafat would be perceived as encouragement for continued terrorism, but in any event it wouldn't have been a catastrophe even if there would be such a meeting."
Asked about rumors of a new American diplomatic initiative, Shoval said, "Based on my talks last week in the U.S., I don't think there will be any such plan. There will be a speech [by Powell in the UN], but there won't be a plan, in my opinion, because they don't have a plan. I hope that the speech will deal with the [Israeli-Palestinian] issue only in general terms. It's not worth it for them to have a plan, because history shows that all the American plans that were made without prior coordination with Israel, such as the Marshall, Rogers, and Reagan plans, never worked. So I don't think they'll try it again."
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Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Friday, Nov. 9, 2001 / Cheshvan 23, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINES: 1. U.S. DIPLOMACY 2. ROSS: P.A., EGYPT, AND OTHERS MUST STOP GLORIFYING TERRORISM
1. U.S. DIPLOMACY U.S. State Department sources say that Secretary of State Colin Powell is willing to meet with Yasser Arafat at the UN General Assembly in New York City. The reports come even as National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice said that Arafat was not doing enough to combat terror. Rice said that President Bush calls on Arafat to distance himself from Hamas and Hizbullah, both listed as terrorist organizations by the United States. Powell will be meeting in New York with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk a-Shara.
The pro-Israel rally scheduled to be held in New York City this coming Sunday has been postponed. This may be due to the timing of Yasser Arafat's appearance at the UN.
2. ROSS: P.A., EGYPT, AND OTHERS MUST STOP GLORIFYING TERRORISM
Dennis Ross, former Special Middle East Coordinator for the State Department, writes that not only must terrorism be fought tenaciously, but it must also be "de-legitimized," and "nowhere is it more important for the international community to make this point than in the Middle East." In an article in the latest issue of the Jewish Agency's Global Jewish Agenda, Ross writes, "No 'cause' justifies [terrorism]. Any cause that employs terror is itself de-legitimized... In the 'struggle' with Israel, suicide bombers are portrayed as martyrs, not as monsters. Killing innocent non-combatants has been glorified, not rejected. Recruiting kids for human destruction has been celebrated, not condemned... "It is good that Arab leaders condemned the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But such condemnations will mean little in practice if there is no change in day-to-day behaviors that convey a tolerance for the use of terror. Check nearly any Friday sermon broadcast by the Palestinian Authority over the last year and you will see that suicide bombers are glorified and calls for jihad against Israel and the United States are commonplace. The editorial in Al-Hayat al-Jadida, perhaps the leading Palestinian newspaper, stated that the suicide bombers in Israel were the "noble tradition" of those who bombed the U.S. Marines in Lebanon. The date of its publication: September 11, 2001. The Palestinian media and public posture are not unique in the area. A few days prior to the attack an Egyptian journalist is one of Egypt's mainstream newspapers described how he had swelled with pride when he saw the suicide bombing of the pizza parlor in Jerusalem... "In short, it is time for Arab leaders to level with their publics and make it clear they will not tolerate terror. Absent that, Arab leaders should not expect that we would intervene decisively on Arab-Israeli peace."
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To: arutz-7@israelnationalnews.com, arutz-7b@israelnationalnews= .com From: Arutz-7 Editor <feedback@israelnationalnews.com> Subject: Arutz-7 News: Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001
Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001 / Cheshvan 25, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINE:
TERRORIST VICTIM BURIED TODAY; SHOMRON LEADER CALLS FOR DISMANTLING P.A.
Hadas Abutbul, the woman who was murdered by Arab terrorists on Friday afternoon in the northern Shomron, was buried this afternoon in Afula, where she grew up. The funeral left from her home in Mevo Dotan, taking the northern Shomron roads and Nachal Iron roads around Shaked, Mei Ami, and Um el-Fahm to reach Afula. Hadas, 39, is survived by her husband and four children. Mevo Dotan residents met with IDF Yesha commander Brig.-Gen. Yitzchak Gershon and other leading officers, and demanded that the paving of the Yaabed bypass road be completed immediately. The murderers are assumed to have escaped from Yaabed into Area A. The residents also asked for more military escorts for civilian traffic.
Uri Ben-Yosef, head of the Mevo Dotan secretariat, told Arutz-7 today that Hadas is the town's second terrorism victim; Tzvika Shelef, 63, was murdered in a similar type of drive-by shooting on May 31 of this year. "Traveling in this area is simply a game of roulette," he said. "Last week, there was a shooting on a public bus. The roads here are simply unsafe. The bypass road is being held up because of budgetary problems, and even though this road is considered high-priority, the money has not yet been found."
Shomron Regional Council head Bentzy Lieberman told Arutz-7, "Hadas was the 14th Shomron resident to have been murdered in this ongoing war. She ran a day-care center for the regional council, and was = a very devoted mother to her four children. It is a terrible, intolerable situation, and our anger and frustration stem from the fact that it really could be different, both militarily and in terms of the government's attitude to the people here. I am referring to the bypass roads that are so sorely needed and that have not been paved in the past three years, as well as the lack of response regarding bulletproof vehicles, and the lack of extra financial benefits that are usually granted to those living on confrontation lines - and here we are really the eye of the storm....
"I agree that the army is doing all it can, and even more, given the restrictions under which it must act. My complaints are directed against the government. If Arafat is really our Bin-Laden, as Prime Minister Sharon said, then this can't be a surgical, clean, pharmacy-type war. It must be fought with the knowledge that years of mistakes have been made, that we have created a situation that we must uproot from the very foundations. We must dismantle the Palestinian Authority and its infrastructures of incitement, the same way the U.S. deals with Bin Laden. This must be all-out war against the PA. Even if we arrest or kill 200 or 400 terrorists, more of them continue to be created by the PA and its organs of incitement. We have to get to the swamp that breeds the terrorism, not just to the roaches in the corner...
"Until then, we are making it quite clear: We are here to stay... The tears that we shed today at yet another funeral are tears that strengthen us, tears that tie us even more closely to this land... I call upon the government ministers who understand the situation to make it clear to Sharon that his partnership with Peres is totally destructive. I was among those who were in favor of a national unity government - but it is no longer an asset. It paralyzes us, doesn't let us progress, and it must be dismantled right now... Fifty percent of time of government meetings must be devoted to this issue, of how to deal with the crucial security and military matters facing us. Unfortunately, I don't think this is the case..."
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To: arutz-7@israelnationalnews.com, arutz-7b@israelnationalnews= .com From: Arutz-7 Editor <feedback@israelnationalnews.com> Subject: Arutz-7 News: Monday, Nov. 12, 2001
Arutz Sheva News Service <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> Monday, Nov. 12, 2001 / Cheshvan 26, 5762 ------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S HEADLINE:
***SPECIAL INSERT: A selection of "questionable" statements excerpted from Arafat's speech in the UN last night:
PLO STATE ON THE WAY? Speculation is rife that Yasser Arafat may soon declare a Palestinian state - without Israeli opposition. US President Bush told the UN this weekend once again of the American vision of a Palestinian Arab state side-by-side with Israel. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who met with Yasser Arafat in the United Nations, also made this point. He emphasized, both before and after his meeting with Arafat, that all violence must stop before the implementation of any diplomatic solution.
One estimation of the behind-the-scenes machinations is that a tacit Bush-Sharon-Arafat agreement will enable Arafat to declare a state without Israeli objections. According to the plan, Israel will follow the international community in recognizing the new state, but will annex settlement areas and other critical zones in Judea and Samaria. A leading Likud government minister, Environment Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, has already expressed his opposition to the idea: "A Palestinian state is very dangerous, and I am against it. I and other Likud figures have said as much to Sharon, and the party will have to decide. I assume that the party [decision-makers] will remain loyal to the party platform."
Arutz-7's Haggai Segal asked Yesha Council spokesman Yehoshua Mor-Yosef: "You guys generally have good sources, what do you know about these rumors?" Mor-Yosef responded,
"When we first heard yesterday that there might be a deal regarding a declaration, we rushed to find out directly from the Prime Minister. Sharon denied any involvement, attributing it to Peres to some extent, but emphasizing that he is not bound by what Peres does. But the truth is that despite Sharon's denial, we are fairly apprehensive. We know that Omri Sharon (the Prime Minister's son) is in New York, and he was even quoted as saying that the Sharon-Peres combination is able to make 'hard decisions' - a phrase which does not refer to a military action."
Regarding public protest, Mor-Yosef said that although the Council sponsored a major demonstration only three weeks ago in Jerusalem, "it looks like it's time for us to start a new protest campaign, but with a different twist. Last time, we specifically refrained from criticizing Sharon, because it was soon after the murder of Gandhi, plus the army had just made its strongest offensive to date with its entry into the six PA-controlled cities. Now, though, we know exactly what that operation did and did not accomplish, and it's time for us to deliver a much stronger message to the government: Stop trying to catch mosquitoes - let's rather dry up the swamp altogether; as long as Arafat is here, there will be terrorism."
He said that the new protest campaign will be similar to a campaign held under the Barak government, whereby the population of one or two Yesha towns arrive en masse, for two or three days at a time, and set up a protest encampment outside the Prime Minister's Office. "Some communities from the Shomron will probably be the first to arrive, later this week," Mor-Yosef said.
SPECIAL INSERT: A selection of "questionable" statements excerpted from Arafat's speech in the UN last night:
"The Palestinian people have expressed their readiness to confront all forms of international terrorism including state organized terror, in order to build a new world that will guarantee justice, peace, security and freedom to all people, a new world based on human rights, international legality...
"As you all recall, the U.N. General Assembly issued Resolution 181, which called for the partition of Palestine into two states: One Jewish and the other Palestinian, but the Palestinian state was not recognized by the U.N..
".we signed a number of agreements and memorandum of understandings [with Israel]. After the assassination of my late partner Mr. Itzhaq Rabin, the Israeli Governments that followed took the path of non-compliance and did not implement Israel's obligations pertaining form agreements signed, which impeded our sincere efforts to reach a comprehensive, just, lasting peace, the peace of the brave...
"Then came the Sharon visit to the Noble Sanctuary [Temple Mount] in holy Jerusalem, which I had warned the Israeli Government of its grave consequences on the peace process and on the region. This action sparked the Palestinian Intifada. [ed. note: Fatah head Marwan Bargouti told the Jerusalem Times in June of this year, "the intifada did not start because of Sharon's visit," but that the violence "began because of the desire to put an end to occupation and because the Palestinians did not approve of the peace process in its previous form." In addition, PA official Imad Faluji said at a rally in Lebanon on March 3, 2001 that the violence "had been planned since Chairman Arafat's return from Camp David [two months before Sharon's visit]."]
"The current Israeli Government continues the aggression against the Palestinian people, which began by the previous Government. State terror is being practiced against the Palestinian people.
"Facing this aggression, escalation, and the bloody war of state terror being waged by the Israel=A1 Government against our people, land, holy places, the tanks incursions into our cities, villages and refugee camps, and the massacres committed in various locations in the West-Bank and the Gaza Strip, we call upon the international community represented by all of you and all supporters of peace, freedom, justice through out the world to exert every possible effort to stop this war of aggression, send international observers to protect our people from the occupation, terror and ethnic cleansing practiced by Israel and in order to supervise the implementation of the cease fire declared a number of times by our side and always violated by the Israeli Government.
"Allow me, to extend my deepest appreciation and sincere wishes to all brotherly, friendly nations and to the Super Powers, which have realized today more than any other time before, that the establishment of a Palestinian State with holy Jerusalem as its capital is the only guarantee for security, peace and stability in the region and the world, and constitute a cornerstone for establishing and sustaining it.
"We call upon these nations. to exert every possible effort to. enable the Palestinian people to live. within their independent State on their national soil with holy Jerusalem as its capital, and to ensure that Israel, the occupying power, full and comprehensive withdrawal from all Palestinian and Arab territories including holy Jerusalem to the June 4th, 1967 boundaries, to end settlement activities and evacuate settlers from our land and guarantee the right of the Palestinian refugees to return in accordance with resolution "194" which specified this right and called for compensating those not wishing to return.
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