“We meet to lay the foundation for the establishment of a new nation: a democratic Palestinian state that will live side by side with Israel in peace and security.” - President Bush
Appearing in the United States Naval Academy’s Memorial Hall, flanked by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, President Bush announced today that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will resume by the end of 2008.
New York Times reports that Bush was insistent of a commitment to a return to the negotiation table because he believes peace in this conflict is central to the "broader struggle against extremism in the MIddle East."
It never ceases to amaze how out of touch this man really is with reality. Forty-nine countries in the world still do not recognize the Nation of Israel. Palestinians will not settle for a country "side-by-side" with Israel if it does not include the return of their land, especially Jerusalem, a city that the Israelis will not concede. And the issue in the Israel/Palestine conflict is neither extremist, nor does it have to do with terrorism. It is a fundamental struggle over land rights.
What history books are in the Oval Office anyway?
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