Bush Alters Stand on Palestinians
Category: Israel
Compensation Backed to Address Refugee Issue; President Again Urges Israel to End ‘Occupation’

By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Finer

Washington Post Staff Writers

Friday, January 11, 2008; 10:42 AM

Source: Washington Post

JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 — President Bush said Thursday that Palestinian refugees should receive compensation for the loss of homes they fled or were forced to flee during the establishment of Israel and declared that there should be an end to Israel’s “occupationâ€