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Palestinians Campaign to Regain "Occupied" Latrun
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - In recent days the Palestine Liberation Organization's Negotiations Affairs Department, headed by Saeb Erekat, launched a campaign under the headline "The Latrun Valley - an Integral Part of the State of Palestine." Israel annexed the Latrun salient, through which part of the main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway runs, soon after the Six-Day War. Erekat marked the anniversary of the war on Tuesday by taking journalists and diplomats to the site. One Israeli official was stunned by the Palestinian campaign over Latrun, saying: "It's almost as if every time we move forward, or every time there is a prospect of moving forward, the Palestinians bring up an issue which they know is a game breaker." The Palestinian decision to make this an issue "raises concerns as to their seriousness." All peace plans have always put Latrun inside Israel, the official said. "No Israeli government, no Israeli prime minister, can seriously entertain that this area would be going to the Palestinians."