[Ha'aretz] Shmuel Rosner and Aluf Benn - A senior Israeli official says it is necessary to welcome the idea inherent in the Saudi initiative, that the Arab world is prepared to accept Israel. However, Israel will not agree to absorb even a single refugee in its territory. What Foreign Minister Livni did this week, and which Secretary of State Rice echoed to some extent after their meeting, was to propose that they reverse the order. Instead of waiting with the normalization for Israeli-Palestinian peace - normalize now, and thus help advance the peace process.
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