Jordan urged Israel to accept a “right of return” for Palestinian refugees. “We differentiate between recognizing the right of return and implementing the right of return,” Ma’aruf Bakhit, the new Jordanian ambassador to Israel, told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. “But the implementation of the right of return is something different and it is up to the parties concerned.”
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