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Palestinian State by 2005?
The White House said Monday its road map for setting up a Palestinian state by the end of 2005 is not negotiable and that Israel must "play its part" to pave the way.Part of the Bush plan for stabilizing the Middle East is to establish some kind of Palestinian state. I'm not sure that this is the magic bullet that a lot of folks seem to think it is. In order for it to have the desired effect, the Palestinian state would have to be able to resist the use of its territory for attacks on Israel. In a speech to a pro-Israel lobby group, Condoleezza Rice, who is President Bush's national security adviser, also called on all Arab governments to recognize Israel's right to exist and said democratic reforms within the Palestinian Authority were "extremely important." The Arab goverments recognize Israel's right to exist? I'm not holding my breath on that one. The road map, prepared jointly with the European Union, the United Nations and Russia, is designed to reopen negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians once Mahmoud Abbas is confirmed as the Palestinian prime minister. Just another example of Amerian unilateralism, I guess. Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-04-01 |
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