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February 22, 2005
Bush: 'A state of Scattered Territories Will Not Work'
Roland Watson and Rory Watson of The Times Online reported February 22, 2005 that "President Bush gave a stern warning to Israel yesterday as he set the bruised transatlantic alliance a series of grand goals for the 21st century. Mr Bush used the keynote address of his European visit to lay out tough terms for Israel before peace could be established in the Middle East," they wrote, adding:
He said that Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, must stop all settlement activity in the West Bank. And he went further than ever before in insisting that an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank had to be large-scale rather than piecemeal. "Referring to the resulting Palestinian state," The Times added, "Mr Bush said: “A state of scattered territories will not work.” The line produced one of the biggest rounds of applause, which was polite if hardly enthusiastic, from the audience of 300 European dignitaries in Brussels." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at February 22, 2005 06:30 AM
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