There is “no turning back on our decision” to declare this year a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat said. His comments to the Palestinian legislative council came hours before U.S. Middle East envoy Dennis Ross was due back in the region to try to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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