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| Bush's Propostition of a Palestinian State |
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| yunus |
| 06/17/02 at 23:02:20 |
| Salaam We need people to call their represnatives in Congress and Senators and state that they back postions propostion that there should be a Palestinian state. To find out who your represenatives are go to www.house.gov. We must tell them though that any proposed state must be Just and follow international norms such as UN resultions 242 338. All settlements are illegal and must be removed, there must be a right of return of all refuges this is an accordance with the Universal declarations of Human rights or for people choosing not to return there must be compensation for land stolen from them, the occupation checkpoints curfews etc must end and that international peace keepers must be sent there it keep peace instead of biased ruthless and brutal idf, also all aid US aid to Israel must end until the occupation ends under the US foregin Assitance act military aid is illegal to any country which is involved in gross human rights violations Israel's human rights vilations have been well documented. Here is the article about Bushs proposal WASHINGTON, June 13 — President Bush indicated today in a meeting with the Saudi foreign minister that he had made up his mind to announce a plan to support the creation of a Palestinian state in order to give some immediate hope to Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, officials familiar with the talks said. The proposal is designed to help quell violence and hold Palestinian leaders to a high standard of accountability for building institutions that can enforce peace and security for Israel and the new Palestinian state, the officials said. Mr. Bush signaled his intention to lay out a proposal for Palestinian statehood, which he will probably do in a speech next week, during private talks at the White House with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Saud al-Faisal. The two men discussed how nations might formally recognize a Palestinian state to give it legitimacy, as well as credibility in the Arab world, the officials familiar with the talks said. Prince Saud held separate sessions with Vice President Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser. The Saudi foreign minister scheduled a news conference for Friday. Mr. Bush did not spell out all the details of his plan in the 20-minute meeting with the Saudi minister, but the discussions included such matters as how to refer to the borders of a Palestinian state in any declaration, how to set a time line for negotiations and how to arrange the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied West Bank so that Palestinian institutions can be rebuilt and reformed. After the session with Prince Saud, Mr. Bush convened a National Security Council meeting. Prince Saud will hold talks with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Friday. Mr. Bush made his intentions clear, these officials said, after weeks of speculation that a decision was being held up by a struggle within his administration over whether such a step held out any real hope of pacifying the region. It could antagonize the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, who met with Mr. Bush on Monday at the White House, or subject Mr. Bush to political attacks in Congress for appearing to reward Palestinians for the terrorist acts against Israeli civilians. "The impression was that he was very committed to the declaration of an independent Palestinian state," said one official familiar with the discussions, "and that it ought to take place within a certain time line and framework so that it would be responsible to give Israel a sense of peace and security, and that Israel would get that same peace and security with all of the Arab world." Mr. Bush said that he had not decided whether he would issue a statement or set out his vision in a speech, but officials said today that he was leaning toward a speech. The Saudi foreign minister today said only that he was very pleased with his White House meetings. |
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