Right of Return 

Once a proposed border is adopted, issues of security and the right of return can be addressed. We do not see a continued exclusion of Palestinians who wish to return to the State of Israel as fundamentally problematic, as long as a quantified number of returnees can be agreed upon by both parties. Our basic starting point for what Israel should offer Palestine for right of return is a minimum of 100,000 people. We believe that this number of returning Palestinians would not negate, change or dilute the character of the State of Israel as it is. The addition of 100,000 Palestinians amounts to only 1.3 percent of Israel’s population (currently 7,473,000). 

We offer the suggestion that the State of Israel could develop eight new communities for returnees to initially lodge in. We expect Israel to consult her Arab citizens for locale, and to listen strongly to the voice of local Arabs to determine if they agree on a reasonable quantity of returnees for their locality. 

We seek to remove “the sting” of the issue of right of return, but we do not in any way seek to imply that we have fully comprehended the heart, suffering or manifold issues that come with people who would like to return to what commonly has been referred to as the Holy Land.