Arafat Vows to Defend Land After Us U-Turn; Palestinian Fury at Bush and Sharon Deal
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YASSER Arafat, the Palestinian president, said yesterday he would never give up the right of return of the hundreds of thousands of his people who fled or were forced out of their homes during the 1948 Middle East war, and their descendants, about four million people.
His comments came after George W Bush said Israel would not have to give back all the West Bank or accept Palestinian refugees as part of a final Middle East peace deal.See the full content of this document
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Arafat Vows to Defend Land After Us U-Turn; Palestinian Fury at Bush and Sharon Deal
Mr Arafat said: "Our destiny is to defend our land and sacred places and our rights in freedom and independence and the return of the refugees t...
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