Editing Road map for peace (section)

===Validity of the reservations===
The Roadmap was offered for acceptance "as it is", without room for adaptations.<ref name=IPS_2003_b>{{cite web|url=http://www.palestine-studies.org/files/pdf/jps/5601.pdf|work=Journal of Palestine Studies XXXII, no. 4 (Summer 2003)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173257/http://www.palestine-studies.org/files/pdf/jps/5601.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2013|title= p. 84 resp. Document E and F d.d. 23 May 2003, on pp. 96-97}}<br />
"In view of the recent statement of the United States regarding the Israeli comments on the road map, which shares the view of the Government of Israel that these are real concerns and in view of the U.S. promise to address those concerns fully and seriously in the implementation of the road map to fulfill the president’s vision of 24 June 2002, we are prepared to accept the steps set out in the road map. I intend to submit this acceptance to the Government of Israel’s approval."</ref> The Government statement of 25 May 2003, however, made clear that Israel regarded its reservations part of the Roadmap:
<blockquote>The Government of Israel affirms the Prime Minister's announcement, and resolves that all of Israel's comments, as addressed in the Administration's statement, will be implemented in full during the implementation phase of the Roadmap.<ref name=Haaretz_26.05.03>{{cite web|work=Haaretz|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/sharon-abbas-to-meet-as-cabinet-approves-road-map-1.9038|title=Sharon, Abbas to meet as cabinet approves road map|date=25 May 2003}} {{subscription required}}</ref></blockquote>
Furthermore, the Government definitively ruled out the ''right of return'':
<blockquote>The Government of Israel further clarifies that, both during and subsequent to the political process, the resolution of the issue of the refugees will not include their entry into or settlement within the State of Israel.<ref name=Haaretz_26.05.03/></blockquote>

A U.S. official, however, said that U.S. commitment did not mean that all of Israel's demands would be met. Abbas called the Israeli reservations to the map ''"not part of the map and ... not relevant to its implementation, and ... not acceptable to the Palestinians."''<ref name=Haaretz_26.05.03/>