Israel will not move forward on the “road map” for peace until Prime Minister Ariel Sharon points out his objections to it in an upcoming meeting with President Bush, an Israeli official said Tuesday. Israel has said Palestinians must give up the demand for a “right of return” for Palestinian refugees who fled their homes during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence.
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