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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: Emile Vidrine who started this subject	4/14/2004 9:11:38 PM
From: Ed Huang	Read Replies (1) of 22250

Annan Criticizes Bush on Mideast Policy Shifts 1 hour, 57 minutes ago Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo! UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) criticized President Bush (news - web sites) on Wednesday for ignoring the Palestinians' wishes in implicitly recognizing Israel's claim to some West Bank settlements. Reuters Slideshow: Mideast Conflict A U.N. spokesman said that the U.S. policy shift appeared to circumvent negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians necessary for any final peace settlement. The secretary-general reiterated his position that unresolved details of a final Middle East peace deal "should be determined in negotiations between the parties, based on relevant Security Council resolutions," said spokesman Stephane Dujarric. "He strongly believes that they (Israelis and Palestinians) should refrain from taking any steps that would prejudice or pre-empt the outcome of such talks," Dujarric said. Bush announced at the White House after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) that, "in light of new realities on the ground," it was unrealistic to expect Israel to return to borders that pre-date the 1967 Middle East war, when Israel seized Gaza and the West Bank. It has been longstanding U.S. policy that a final peace agreement must be reached via negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Washington had viewed the settlements as an obstacle to peace, backed by a long line of Security Council resolutions calling on Israel to abandon the West Bank communities created since the 1967 conflict. Bush also appeared to negate any right of return of Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel, saying they should be resettled in a future Palestinian state instead. His statement, combined with letters that Bush and Sharon exchanged, could go a long way toward helping the Israeli leader push his plan to eliminate 21 Jewish settlements in Gaza and four in the West Bank through a binding vote in his right-wing Likud party on May 2. "These are historic and courageous actions," Bush said about Sharon's planned Gaza withdrawal. "If all parties choose to embrace this moment, they can open the door to progress and put an end to one of the world's longest-running conflicts." But Palestinian leaders quickly denounced the U.S. shift as a blow to the peace process and their hopes for a state. Any endorsement of a cementing of Israel's hold on land the Palestinians want for a state was also likely to complicate peacemaking efforts in Iraq (news - web sites), where U.S. forces are under daily attack from Muslim fighters. news.yahoo.com

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