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US presidential hopeful Brownback endorses call for Israeli annexation of West Bank

10/10/2007   MSN
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback on Wednesday endorsed a new Mideast peace plan floated by an ultranationalist Israeli politician that calls for Israeli annexation of the West Bank and encourages Palestinian refugees to move elsewhere.....Brownback... said it was "a realistic proposal and a different way forward."
 
 
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Brownback endorses call for Israeli annexation of West Bank

10/10/2007   INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
In a videotaped message shown at a Jerusalem news conference, Brownback, a senator from Kansas with close ties to the conservative Christian right, called the plan "bold" and said it was "a realistic proposal and a different way forward." "I think this moves away from the idea of land for peace, which has not worked," Brownback said.
 
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Israeli Opposition Leader Elon Proposes Alternative Peace Plan

10/10/2007   THE BULLETIN
Benjamin Elon, ...presented a new political plan, called "The Israeli Initiative," Monday, based on the rehabilitation of refugees and the dismantling of their camps; strategic cooperation with Jordan; and Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. ... Mr. Elon suggested dismantling UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, as part of the process of rehabilitating the refugees. He said UNRWA "perpetuates the plight of the refugees."
 
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Jordan Replaces P.A. in MK Elon's Peace Plan

08/10/2007   arutz7
"The first step," he said, "is the closure of UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency], which has long perpetuated this problem.  Next must be a generous compensation program for all the refugees, who will have the option of starting new lives and becoming citizens in various countries.  This is the desire of most of the refugees, according to reliable recent surveys carried out among them. 
 
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Rightist MK wants Israel to annex West Bank

07/10/2007   ynet
The establishment of the State of Israel did not deprive the Palestinians of their state – there never was such a state," Elon said. "But Israel took from them their houses and their dignity. We can return to the Palestinians their dignity, to give them homes, and hope for a new life by changing the refugee status."
 
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