Text: Sari Nusseibeh Ami Ayalon seriously misrepresent Palestinian street

Assertion: "...In Palestinian eyes, stating the principle that "Palestinian
refugees will return only to the State of Palestine" is almost breaking
their most important national narrative. For a people raised for generations
on the dream of returning to Jaffa, Haifa, Acre, and dozens of ancestral
villages, giving up that vision is much deeper than the stroke of a pen...

Yet the majority of Israelis and Palestinians realize that the alternatives
to such tough compromises are much worse.
....
Al-Quds University President Sari Nusseibeh, and former Shin-Bet head and
navy commander Ami Ayalon, are co-leaders of the People's Voice initiative
(www.mifkad.org.il).

The future is in our hands
SARI NUSSEIBEH and AMI AYALON, THE JERUSALEM POST Nov. 18, 2004
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Fact: "Do you think that the Palestinians are obliged to waive their claims
to the right of Home-return, which Israel will never agree to, as the price
of establishing an independent state for them and the conclusion of a peace
agreement with Israel?
1. The Palestinians have to accept that 15.0%
2. The Palestinians shouldn't accept that, even if consequently no peace
agreement would be concluded with Israel.72.2%
3. No opinion.12.8%

In case the Palestinian leadership would accept the waiver of the right of
Home-return and replace that with financial compensation. Would you accept
or refuse that?
1. would accept that 13.0%
2. would refuse that 78.6%
3. no opinion 8.4%"

The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion ( PCPO) Poll no.125 carried out
during the period November 4 - 8, 2004 (before the death of president Yassir
Arafat), included a random sample of (632) respondents from the West Bank,
including East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip.
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