And the idea is just as stupid and abhorrent now as it was then.
Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian sources said on Tuesday that they believe that the file on the deportees from the Bethlehem Nativity Church will be closed during the holy month of Ramadan and that the deportees will be able to return to their homes in the West Bank from the Gaza Strip and Europe, where they have been in exile since 2002.
Jihad J'aara, one of thirteen deportees to Europe told Ma'an via telephone that "Israel has expressed readiness to have 28 deportees in the Gaza Strip return to their homes in the West Bank."
J'aara also said that the issue of the 14 deportees in Europe is still under discussion.