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To: goldsnow who wrote (9342)	11/30/2001 3:45:37 AM
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China sides with the US on the Middle East crisis: Thursday November 29 10:53 PM ET China's Zhu Urges World to Put Pressure on Israel BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has called on the international community to work harder to urge Israel to re-open peace talks with the Palestinians as soon as possible, the official Xinhua news agency said. ``Only through peace talks can a just and lasting solution to the Middle East question be realized,'' Xinhua quoted Zhu as saying in an overnight report seen on Friday. ``We hold that only when legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to an independent Palestinian state, are realized, can the peace and security of all countries in the Middle East be guaranteed,'' Zhu said. Zhu made the remarks in a message prepared for a New York conference this week marking International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. A new U.S. peace drive in the Middle East suffered a fresh blow on Thursday when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on an intercity bus in northern Israel, killing three other people. The attack occurred as U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni met Palestinian security officials to discuss ways to end 14 months of bloodshed in which at least 729 Palestinians and 196 Israelis have been killed. Beijing has remained largely even-handed in its policy toward the Middle East to balance ties with its old Arab allies and Israel, a key arms supplier. But China has been more critical of Israel's use of force in recent months, condemning Israeli offensives in Palestinian areas as well as its killing of a Palestinian faction chief in August. Zhu expressed ``deep sympathy'' for the Palestinian people who he said had suffered great losses in human life and property in violence between the two sides since September 2000, Xinhua said. Peaceful talks aimed at finding a political solution were the correct way to ensure lasting peace in the Middle East, it quoted Zhu as saying. Israel has sold Beijing tens of millions of dollars worth of arms, but Chinese support for the Palestinians dates back to 1963 when Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met Chairman Mao Zedong and received weapons. dailynews.yahoo.com