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House majority leader says Palestinians bear burden for achieving peace James Bennet, New York Times Published July 31, 2003 DELA31 JERUSALEM -- Calling himself "an Israeli at heart," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told Israeli legislators during a lecture on Wednesday that the burden for achieving peace in Israel rests with the Palestinians, who he said must eradicate terrorism. Speaking a day after President Bush met at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, DeLay said that Bush "made clear that the prospects of peace are the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority," which must "fight terror and dismantle terrorist capabilities." Bush also urged Sharon to ease restrictions on Palestinians and to restrain Israel's own actions. Yet DeLay, while declaring that Palestinians "have been oppressed and abused," said that the culprit was Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "Israel is not the problem," he said. "Israel is the solution." <font color=red>An evangelical Christian, DeLay, of Texas, is a leader in Washington of the Christian Zionist movement, a bloc of conservative Republicans whose strong support for the Jewish state is based on their interpretation of the Bible. Before leaving Washington for his trip to the region, DeLay sharply criticized the international peace plan known as the road map, which envisions a Palestinian state alongside Israel in three years.<font color=black> DeLay did not address the peace plan in detail on Wednesday. He said he didn't know whether Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas would prove to be "the man to finally rid his people of the terrorist elements among them." But, in an apparent reference to the plan, he said, "peace is worth giving him the chance." Delay's remarks dovetailed with the contention of some right-wing Israeli politicians that only a Palestinian crackdown on violent groups -- not Israeli concessions such as restraining its settlements in the West Bank and Gaza -- can advance the cause of peace. DeLay did not refer to any Israeli obligations under the peace plan or to the possibility of a territorial compromise. DeLay spoke hours before Israeli and Palestinian security leaders were to meet for talks on the peace plan. Palestinian Security Minister Muhammad Dahlan is pressing Israel to withdraw its forces from more Palestinian towns and cities in the West Bank, permitting Palestinian security to resume policing those areas. Return to top © Copyright 2003 Star Tribune. All rights reserved.