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...West Bank itself becomes a Palestinian entity. To ease Israel's legitimate fears about the creation of a new Arab realm whose western frontier would be 8.5 miles from Tel Aviv, the Palestinian entity would not possess all the attributes of a sovereign state-at least for a transition period that could last as long as 25 years. It would, however, have its own flag, a parliament and executive and judicial bodies. It could issue passports to all Palestinians living anywhere in the world-an act of enormous symbolic importance to these 3.4 million people without a homeland...
...fact, it is still far from certain that Lévesque will be able to persuade his 6 million fellow Québeckers to vote for his formula of independence - a "sovereign" Québec in a new economic association with Canada - in a plebiscite that is likely to be held in 1979. But, while basking in the glow of his Paris reception, Lévesque came in for an unlikely political windfall at home...
...satisfied with frustrating our breakfast, the deans then plotted against our sovereign rights at lunch by closing the Union to Upperclassmen at the noon meal. After all, we could eat at our Houses, and the freshmen needed some peace and quiet at lunch. I for one felt like Ryan O'Neal must have felt when Ali McGraw told him he had no right to use Radcliffe libraries when Harvard owned ten million books. Sure, I could go back to Currier or test the unknown at Adams, but the Union is closer and what's the $7000 for anyway, guys...
Palestinian Homeland A geographic and political (if not necessarily fully sovereign) state for the Palestinians...
Hypothetical Japanese paratroopers who landed in Tel Aviv in May 1948 could have legitimately claimed sovereign rights in Palestine, Yehuda Z. Blum, professor of international law at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, told a group of approximately 50 people last night in Science Center...