re: #163 Flyers1974

I don’t think Friedman advocates for the right of return. Its in the Saudi Plan, which of course he supported (supports?) but has he maintained that this element must be kept? Here’s a quote that seems to indicate his ambivalence. Maybe there’s something I missed, but it doesn’t seem like something for which Friedman would advocate.

And [Abdullah] might add that whatever deal the Palestinians cut with Israel regarding return of refugees or land swaps — so some settlements might stay in the West Bank in return for the Palestinians getting pieces of Israel — the Arab world would support.

[Link: select.nytimes.com…]

The “Geneva Peace Initiative” (which no one ever mentions any more) insisted that the Palestinians were ready to give up the “Right of Return.” It is a prominent feature in the “Saudi Peace Initiative Terms of Surrender” which is the reason why the Saudi plan is a non starter for Israel.