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Spokesman can say occupation Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=297528&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=297528&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y Last Update: 27/05/2003 14:04 Israeli spokesmen may be allowed to say 'occupation' By Haaretz Service The Foreign Ministry was weighing Tuesday the distribution of an internal regulation that, for the first time, would allow Israel's official spokesmen and women to use the word 'occupation,' Army Radio reported Tuesday. The step follows remarks by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who startled his Likud party lawmakers in a Monday meeting by stating: "I think the idea that it is possible to continue keeping 3.5 million Palestinians under occupation - yes it is occupation, you might not like the word, but what is happening is occupation - is bad for Israel, and bad for the Palestinians, and bad for the Israeli economy. Controlling 3.5 million Palestinians cannot go on forever. You want to remain in Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah and Bethlehem?" According to the radio, "Until now, the word 'occupation' in international spokesmanship was considered something that was forbidden to utter, because it was believed that Israel would always thus be seen in a bad light." Now, in the wake of the prime minister's comments, officials are weighing the possibility of changing standing instructions to allow spokesmen to use the word, Army Radio said. Coalition chairman Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) demanded on Tuesday that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon refrain from using the phrase 'occupied' when referring to Israeli operations in Palestinian territories. Sa'ar made his request at a meeting Tuesday of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee. Sharon responded by saying that Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein had already told him that the preferred phrase is 'disputed territory.'

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