I see no reason why the Palestinians would not want the eventual return of all land and compensation for lost or destroyed belongings. Why not? I just hope that the U.S. taxpayer doesn't wind up paying the bill for reparations. And while we're at it, how about making sure that Israel compensates the U.S. taxpayers for the "loans" that have never been paid back? Of course, U.S. funding of Israel would have to stop before rapayment of loans would start. There should also be some way to make sure that the people in the U.S. who ran interference for Israel will be justly punished. Would trials for war crimes or crimes against humanity be out of the question? If the shoe fits!

I say dismantle the whole thing and move it to Nevada. Plenty of open spaces, no jihad, lax gun laws, casinos. It's even the same latitude as the Holy Land. If AIPAC can ensure that Israel is the 52nd state they can surely twist a few arms to hive the proud state of Judonia out of a little-used piece of Nevada.

However, Obama may be able to finesse her, given Jones and Gates…
but what will he decide, in view of 2012 also?

Israel paying reparations and compensation to the Palestinians in lieu of Nakba & Right of return? Meaning in fact the USA taxpayers
to shoulder this recompense indirectly in a myriad of ways, including checks with strings attached–but much larger checks?

Where was Olmert and Cohen, just to take one single, tiny little thing for instance, which is even a recent one, when Israel was carpeting northern Lebanon with a million anti-personnel bomblets?

The bill should go to those who materially benefited (Jewish Zionist Israelis) and those diaspora Zionists who are on record as having materially supported the theft, including members of the US Congress who have voted for the underwriting of Zionism, members of AIPAC, Jewish Zionist groups from around the world, and Christian Zionists like John Hagee. Between them all, (a very wealthy subset) there should be plenty of private money to both pay fair market value for the stolen land, and pay reparations to generations of Palestinians. Of course, few or none will part with their cash voluntarily. It will have to be stripped by the courts and by the governments of their respective governments. But it is most definitely doable…or would be if the US government and many other Western "liberal" governments weren't already bought off by Zionists. No wonder so many Zionists donate so much campaign money: they can't afford NOT to.

In fact, the PA is required by the Oslo accords to foreswear any representation of the refugee population — that's why the refugees aren't allowed to vote in PA elections. And anyone who says the PLO still even functionally exists much less represents the refugees is crazy. So, the issue of the Right of Return cannot be negotiated presently — there is no justifiable representative of the victims of the Nakba with whom Israel may negotiate. So Cohen can say all day that the Palestinians "must" give up the ROR, but this can only happen once someone actually sits down with the refugees themselves and comes to an agreement with them, not with a bunch of fatcats in Ramallah.