[lbo-talk] A Calculated Provocation

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 14 11:27:53 PDT 2004



>From: Jon Johanning <jjohanning at igc.org>
>
>... Now Sharon is back presenting his backside for the ritual U.S. kiss,
>and Shrub apparently will give it to him in the form of acquiescence in the
>keeping of the main West Bank settlements.

Bush Endorses as 'Historic' Sharon's Gaza Pullout Plan

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: April 14, 2004

WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Wednesday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to pull out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank as "historic and courageous actions." An elated Sharon said his plan would create "a new and better reality for the state of Israel."

In what appeared to be a major shift in U.S. policy, Bush said it is now "unrealistic" to expect that Israel, in any final peace deal with the Palestinians, would make "a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949." That is significant because Israel seized the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in the 1967 war.

And, in a concession sought by Sharon, Bush also said a final peace deal should call for Palestinian refugees to be settled in a Palestinian state, not in Israel. ...

<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/international/middleeast/14CND-DIPL.html>

Carl

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