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(i) Withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict;

This was changed to this by the US from saying "from THE territories" to imply that Israel is not expected to leave from all the areas it took in 1967. So in effect, President Bush's remarks simply reiterated this very same US foreign policy that has been around since 1967.

As part of a final peace settlement, Israel must have secure and recognized borders which should emerge from negotiations between the parties, in accordance with U.N. Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338. In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949. And all previous efforts to negotiate a two-state solution have reached the same conclusion. It is realistic to expect that any final status agreement will only be achieved on the basis of mutually agreed changes that reflect these realities.

1 posted on 04/15/2004 11:50:32 AM PDT by yonif
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2 posted on 04/15/2004 11:50:52 AM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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Why not have the original 1947 borders? Palis have taken over Israeli land if the real truth be known.
7 posted on 04/15/2004 12:29:17 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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