Is the US positioning to gain favor with Palestinians so they can eliminate some of the Mid East emnity? Will we be currying favor with terrorist groups there?
Bush hardens tone, urges end to Israeli occupation
U.S. President George W. Bush, hardening his tone towards Israel on Thursday,
urged an end to "the occupation" of the West Bank and pushed for a peace treaty
to be signed within a year to create a Palestinian state.
Bush does not always use the politically charged word "occupation" to
describe Israel's hold on lands captured in a 1967 war. It is a term
Palestinians seeking a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip employ frequently
to describe their plight.
"The establishment of the state of Palestine is long overdue. The
Palestinian people deserve it," Bush said in a statement he read to reporters in
a Jerusalem hotel. |
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