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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Bush ends visit to region optimistic about peace in 2008

2008-01-12

Ma'an US President George W. Bush completes his three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories on Friday, during which he said he believed a peace deal would be completed by the end of 2008.

In a statement on Thursday evening he called on Israel to stop occupying some Palestinian territory and also suggested compensation should be given to Palestinian refugees rather than them being allowed to return to their homes in what is now Israel.

On the last day of his visit he visited the "Yad Vashem" Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. He will then go by helicopter to the north of Israel to visit two Christian sites overlooking Lake Tiberias.

Bush will also hold a short meeting with the Middle East Quartet, Tony Blair before going to Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv for a farewell ceremony, which Israeli President Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are expected to attend.

During his visit Bush has held talks met with Olmert and other Israeli leaders, including Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. He also met with the sons of the former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Earlier on Thursday he was hosted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his Ramallah headquarters, before going on to visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Bush will then travel to Kuwait on the second leg of his Middle Eastern tour.

Posted by:Fred

#9 Have not had the chance to really trim the herd from the bs.

One thing is for sure, whether I like what I discern, or not, is that the excuse that the reason there is turmoil in said region is because the USA was not involved enough is out the door; ball has been served.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-01-12 18:53

#8 bird flu?

Posted by: 3dc 2008-01-12 17:32

#7 Cemetaries are quiet, orderly and peaceful. Insane asylums are chaotic and noisy. In the end I am as optimistic as Bush that the situation is headed towards peace.

Gaza will stil smell the same.

Posted by: Super Hose 2008-01-12 17:31

#6 We know the solution, we just haven't decided on the method, P2K.

Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-01-12 17:22

#5 Maybe the libs are right about Bush being an idiot.

Posted by: DMFD 2008-01-12 17:19

#4 IN their cult of death and hatred, as long as the Paleos are around, there will be no peace.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-12 09:15

#3 And they didn't mount even a single attempt on the Greatest Satan himself? I'm surprised.

Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-01-12 08:27

#2 Just remember, US REGIONAL-GLOBAL ENTRENCHMENT > IRAN > broadly means IRAN-RADICAL ISLAMISM must evetually accede to SELF-ISOLATION, CONTAINMENT + POTENTIAL FUTURE IMPLOSION [internal Iran "regime change"]; OR IN ALTERN WAGE [MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE?] WAR IN A FINAL DESPERATE BID TO FORESTALL/PRECLUDE DEFEAT, to include the humiliation or disproval of Islam/islamism as DIVINE-BASED, i.e. FALSE BELIEF(S).

The World will be twiddling its thumbs this year in nervous = scared ambiguityas to what the outcome will be.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-12 00:43

#1 "optimistic about peace in 2008"

What, he finally decided to drop a couple of MOABs on Gaza?

Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-12 00:36

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