Morocco’s foreign minister said it is “impossible” for Palestinian refugees to return to Israel. Speaking in Rabat on Monday to a visiting delegation of U.S. Jews from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Taib Fassi Fihri said Arab countries have to be realistic in their demands for a “right of return” for Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
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