The following news item from the Arutz 7 English news site and the phrase therein, "taking into account", reminds me of one of Menachem Begin's quips.
When asked that in the first Camp David accords there was a recognition of "legitimate Palestinian rights", and that phrase was in opposition to his own long-held ideological position, he replied to his critics saying that having a state isn't one of those rights.
A simple matter of interpretation.
(IsraelNN.com) US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice says Washington’s position on Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria is clear. In an interview with Israel Radio, Rice said Israel and the US agreed on April 14th last year that final status negotiations with the Arabs must take into account demographic realities on the ground, which include major Israeli population centers.
“The American view is that while we will not prejudice the outcome of final status negotiations… the existing major Israeli population centers will have to be taken into account in any final status negotiations,” Rice said.
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