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Whose Interests Will the Abrogation of the ROR Serve?
By Hanna Kawas

We are witnessing a calculated campaign of highly publicized attacks on the Palestinian Right of Return (ROR), aimed at confusing, demoralizing, terrorizing (physically and politically) and frustrating the Palestinian refugees and people with the sole purpose of forcing them to abrogate this right. It started with the Camp David "generous offer" and continued with Palestinian advocates such as Sari Nusaybeh, pushing to drop the ROR if Israel met other conditions, as if we are in a Bazaar, and as if what is on the line is vegetables to be traded and not inalienable rights for human beings. (read more)

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15 AUGUST, 2008

Hamas says ice begins to melt with Jordan (Source: Reuters)

Officials from Hamas have met with a top Jordanian security official to try to patch up ties soured since 2006 by charges that the Islamist Palestinian groups was planning to carry out attacks in Jordan.
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14 AUGUST, 2008

The Poetry of Loss (Source: Guardian)

Mahmoud Darwish, who died last week, should have been honoured as a national poet of both Palestinians and Israelis.
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12 AUGUST, 2008

Israel 'proposes West Bank Deal' (Source: BBC)

Israel has offered a peace deal to the Palestinians which would annex 7.3% of the West Bank and keep the largest settlements, Israeli reports say.
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Israel shuts Gaza crossings but lets in cash (Source: Reuters)

Israel closed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a cross-border rocket attack, but Palestinian officials said banks were able to bring in 68 million shekels ($19 million) to ease a cash shortage.
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