Posted on 06/27/2002 10:19:50 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:55:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
There's plenty about which one could nitpick in President Bush's proposal for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. On balance, though, his speech on Monday was about as protective of Israel's interests as one could expect from a divided administration.
The onus is clearly on the Palestinians to demonstrate whether they truly want a peacefully co-existing state with democratic values and will commit to ending terror. Good luck. With the exception of Israel, no other nation in the Middle East has a history of democracy or is about to accept a Western model of government.
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