(AP/Ha'aretz) PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas told the Palestinian parliament Tuesday that he would follow in Arafat's footsteps and demand that Israel recognize the right of return of Palestinian refugees to Israel. Abbas' ideas about a peace deal with Israel have always been close to those of Arafat: a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza with east Jerusalem as a capital, and Israeli recognition of the right of return of some four million refugees and their descendants.
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