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PA Leaders: Refugees Will Return to Israel, Not PA
(NewsFirstClass-Hebrew) - Rafik Natshe, who replaced Abu Ala as Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said Monday in Gaza, "The right of return is holy and no one can cancel it." He explained that according to the PLC, the right of return refers to the return of Palestinian refugees to the land from which they came, meaning the territory of Israel and not the territory of the PA. "We will continue to give a chance to peace. But if we do not achieve our rights through peace, then to fight is a legitimate right....We will teach this hypocritical world how our people wins its rights through its steadfast struggle." PA Foreign Minister Nabil Sha'ath commented: "There is no negotiating the return of Palestinian refugees to the territory of the Palestinian state....The negotiation will be over the return of Palestinians who wish to return to their villages and towns in the lands that were conquered in 1948."