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Israel: Platform of New Palestinian Government "a Step Backward"


[AP/USA Today] Josef Federman - The platform of the new Palestinian government is a major "step backward" for peace prospects, and Israel will lobby the international community not to work with the coalition, a senior Israeli official said Thursday. "Anyone who looks carefully at the document will see that there is a regression on a number of important issues," the official said, noting the platform's call for the return of Palestinian refugees to Israel and its affirmation of the Palestinian right of "resistance." "This is not a step forward. It's a step backward," he said.
2007-03-15 01:00:00
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