Posted on 06/25/2002 11:19:00 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Washington's key European allies and the United Nations' chief rejected President Bush's call for a "new and different" Palestinian leadership yesterday, but they welcomed his proposal for creating a Palestinian state.
Senior U.S. officials, in remarks that appeared to soften Mr. Bush's unusually tough language on the leader, Yasser Arafat, said he still has a role to play in the months leading to elections expected to take place early next year.
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