Regarding David Makovsky's congressional testimony in which he presumed to speak for Palestinian interests, I missed the crucial link! Here it is. And here is the story:
In 2004 Makovsky, the goodnatured scholar who works for the Israel lobby WINEP–and who has lately said that Palestinians' lives would be better if they were screened by "appropriate biometrics" at border crossings–told Congress that Palestinians in the occupied territories would be happy to accept compensation for confiscated lands. Why, Makovsky said, he had spoken to the mayor of Qalqiya about this. From that link:
"It is with deep regret that I learn that David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy implied that I would accept 'compensation' for the impoverishing and destructive effects of Israel's Wall as built around the West Bank town of Qalqilya, the town of which I am Mayor. As I made clear to Mr. Makovsky during his visit that while I would welcome any relief offered to the suffering residents of Qalqilya, such relief would not be necessary if Israel builds its Wall on the border [the Green Line] between what became Israel in 1948 and Occupied Palestinian Territory. I made it very clear to Mr. Makovsky, with the express intent that Mr. Makovsky not misconstrue my statements for his own purposes, that under no conditions would I or the residents of Qalqilya accept or otherwise acquiesce to the construction of the Wall in exchange for compensation. Our property and our human rights are not for sale."
