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To: Joe NYC who wrote (147132)	5/14/2002 4:13:35 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584527

I would suggest Brussels, home of the EUrocracy as a new home for the Palestinian terrorists. Belgians happen to be the #1 hypocrites of EU, so the fact that Brussels is in Belgium is just an additional benefit. nytimes.com European Nations Still Ponder Over Fate of 13 Exiled Palestinians By SUZANNE DALEY RUSSELS, May 13 — The European Union put off a decision today on the fate of the 13 Palestinian militants who were sent abroad after nearly 40 days under siege at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, saying that various technical questions needed to be resolved. During a regular monthly meeting of foreign ministers, 6 of the 15 member states — Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain — indicated that they would be willing to accept some of the Palestinians, officials said. Others said they were still considering the idea. But European officials said it might take a week to draw up a concrete plan that deals with such issues as the legal status of the Palestinians, who were flown to Cyprus under the terms of an agreement that ended the Bethlehem siege last week. The Spanish foreign minister, Josep Piqué, said the Palestinians would not be arrested because there were no charges against them that would justify detention on European soil. Instead, he suggested that they would have the status of refugee, displaced person or asylum seeker, depending on the host country. They would "have to respect the laws of their host country" he said, adding, "They will have to commit themselves personally, as will the Palestinian Authority, to respect the law and to be clearly identified as to where they are." The 13, described by Israel as "senior terrorists," were among the 200 Palestinians who sought shelter in the church on April 2, during the Israeli military sweep of the West Bank. Under the agreement to end the siege, 26 Palestinians were sent to the Gaza Strip and 13 who were identified as the most-wanted gunmen by Israel were sent to Cyprus to await decisions about where they would be moved and what their status would be. All but one of the men are now in a beachfront hotel there, watching television, doing laundry and telephoning relatives. The 13th, who was shot in the leg by the Israelis, is in a local hospital. The men are not allowed to leave the hotel, for what both the Cypriot government and the Palestinian Authority have said was their own security. Most of the day, they are confined to their rooms except for meals, which they eat at a corner table in the dining room surrounded by the police, according to Reuters. Cypriot officials had said they would like the men gone by Wednesday. On Friday, the Israeli foreign minister, Shimon Peres, said his country reserved the right to demand the extradition of the men. But today, Mr. Piqué said Israel had agreed that it would not seek extradition. In Brussels, officials said countries still needed time to check their own constitutions about what they may and may not do. Mr. Piqué said that European officials still hoped that the number of host countries would increase. "The more countries that take men, the better," he said.