Olmert: Israel prepared to express sorrow for Palestinian refugees

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel is prepared to express sorrow for the plight of Palestinians who became refugees when the country was created, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday. "We will participate in expressing sorrow for what happened to them," Olmert told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, adding, "but also for what happened to us, the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Jews who were driven out of Arab countries." Olmert's remarks were relayed by a meeting participant who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was closed.