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'Abbas: Olmert and I Were Very Close to Agreement

PA President Mahmoud 'Abbas said that his negotiations with former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert had touched on the right of return, and that there was a disagreement about the number of refugees that would be repatriated.

He added that they had been very close to an agreement, but that in the meantime a new Israeli government has arrived that wants to start negotiations from the beginning.

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), November 10, 2009.

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