Peace with Israel?

More signs of promising developments on the Israel/Palestinian territories front. Several Arab leaders have signed off on a proposed peace plan with Israel.

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Of course, it is not as significant a progress as it sounds. The demand is for a complete handover of all pre-1967 territory, including Jerusalem. And while they haven't mentioned that demographic-swamping technique, the "right of return," they do talk about the "rights of Palestinian refugees." In my view, it is a crime that these Arab countries still regard people who have been in their countries for three and four generations as refugees. But the change in language may signal that the Arab countries might, for a price, finally agree to settle these poor people permanently, and even give them citizenship in the places they've lived so long.

It seems like Arafat's departure from the scene is really starting to make a difference!