Bush Criticizes New Israeli Settlements

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20030726/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_mideast

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) said Friday that both sides must do more to advance the U.S.-backed Middle East peace plan: He criticized Israel for building a security fence and allowing new settlements and told visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas that all terror activity must cease.

Standing at Bush's side in the White House Rose Garden, Abbas made a strong pitch for the president's help in winning Israeli concessions. "All settlement activities must be stopped," Abbas said, "and the wall must come down."

Bush's vision of a Palestinian state by 2005 "cannot be realized if Israel continues to grab Palestinian land," Abbas said.

His visit to the White House was the first by a Palestinian leader since Bush took office in January 2001. Bush had shunned Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), head of the Palestinian authority (news - web sites) and a symbol of the Palestinian movement for four decades. After an Oval Office meeting, Bush and Abbas took reporters' questions in the Rose Garden, then had lunch.

more

[otohara]

1. .

.

[sam sarrha]

2. will bush follow thru, or is he placating us no intension of ...

backing up his tough talk........ like he is the Education president, but his education plan is to read a childrens picture book while terrorists are flying planes into the WTC. or saying he will support SSI while bankrupting the program and selling future generations to he banks. he will support our troops, but thinks $6,000 dollars death settlement is enough for widows of soldiers killed in Iraq because of his lies..he VETOED raising the death payment to only $12,000. i dont expect him to do anything but lie. especially when he "TALKS" to god..I expect him to do his "damdest to fulfill bible prophecy, and call the LAST DAYS on us as soon as is F'n possable.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Just talking about this hurts Bush with the jerry falwell wingnut portion

...of his party.

Don

[indictrichardperle]

4. im starting to think the Fundies may be right

if the neo-cons get their way, we will have Armegeddon.

Iran, North Korea.....these assholes are playing with fire.

And no, Junior isnt sincere about a Palestinian state. Sharon will activate his lobby in Congress and the Pentagon, and Junior will run back into his mouse hole.