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Mr. Rumself went on to cast doubt on the Palestinians' right to the land occupied by Israel in 1967. "My feeling about the so-called occupied territories are that there was a war, Israel urged neighbouring countries not to get involved in it once it started, they all jumped in, and they lost a lot of real estate to Israel because Israel prevailed in that conflict," he said.
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Financial Times, Thursday, August 8: "Powell's plan for Palestine upstaged by Rumsfeld, by Carola Hoyos in Washington.