Palestinians, Israelis brainstorm on refugee issue

[Resistance]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04591816.htm

One of the few things most in the region can agree on is that peace will remain elusive until a solution is found for those who fled or were forced to flee when Israel was created in 1948. With their descendants, they total four million.

The refugee question is complex, emotional and capable of generating enormous mistrust on both sides.

So for the last three years Canada -- which chairs an international working group on Palestinian refugees -- has been trying to educate the two sides about each other's core positions and to look at ways of bridging the gap.

Sayigh proposes that for every Israeli settler left inside a future Palestinian state, one refugee should be allowed to settle in Israel.

"I think Israel should be presented with an option in which there are costs and trade-offs for every benefit it seeks...If they don't want too many refugees, then don't keep too many settlers. Remove them. They can't have it both ways," he said.

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[papau]

1. Simple and fair - I like it - but that means both sides reject Canada's

idea

:-(

But it is a good approach IMHO

:-)