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This article appeared in the January 21, 2008 edition of The Nation.

January 2, 2008

ISRAEL'S 'SACRIFICE' DOESN'T CUT IT

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Re "Spectacle at Annapolis" [Dec. 17]: Roane Carey makes a two-state solution sound possible if both sides make large sacrifices--Israel would have to remove several hundred thousand settlers from the West Bank, and the Palestinians would have to give up the right of return. In a situation like this, we cannot speak of justice--not for the thousands killed, the lives stunted by loss of education, health and income--but we must think of some kind of resemblance to justice, and the two-state solution without recognition of refugee rights does not cut it. The PLO--the only recognized representative of the Palestinian people--might cede the right of return, but it is an individual right and cannot legitimately be given away.

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