Word: homeland
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...occupied territories-but perhaps particularly for the 650,000 Palestinians on the West Bank-the decade since the '67 war has been a time of frustration, humiliation and resentment. Israeli troops still maintain law-and-order-often with brusque insensitivity-in their 2,270-sq.-mi. homeland of rolling hills and desert...
...declared that he and his guest had "no disturbing differences at all" on mutual issues, including a Middle East settlement-a remark that must have jolted Israeli diplomats. Carter bruised the Israelis again by saying at his press conference that the Palestinians deserved not only to be given a homeland but also "to be compensated for losses that they have suffered...
...Moluccans seek independence for their homeland, a cluster of 800 Spice Islands in the Indonesian archipelago, which they fled after the Dutch colonial empire collapsed in 1949 and an independent government in Jakarta took control. Even after 26 years of exile, the 40,000 Moluccans in The Netherlands have still not been assimilated into...
Dutch society. Most are stateless, refusing Dutch citizenship. They keep largely to themselves, living in 63 government settlements. One of those ghettos is on the outskirts of Bovensmilde, a tidy, archconservative community in The Netherlands' "Bible belt." Young Moluccan radicals, many of whom have never seen their homeland, organized a government-in-exile for "the Republic of the South Moluccas" and demanded support to regain their islands. Dutch refusal to recognize their republic has led to increasing Moluccan terrorism...
...option of citizenship. If they want Israeli citizenship, they will get it. If they prefer to keep their previous citizenship, they may. We are not going to force ours on them. They can have complete cultural autonomy and social and economic advancement, living in their homes. This is their homeland-living together with us. What is wrong with a Jewish majority living together with an Arab minority in peace, in human dignity, in equality of rights? I believe that we can live together. It is not an occupied country as people understand that horrible term. We let them live...