10/20/2005 (Washington D.C.)- President Bush says during joint press conference with PA leader in Washington, ‘The way forward is confronting the threat armed gangs present to creation of a democratic Palestine.’ Abbas, in response, insists Israel lift curbs on Palestinian travel in the West Bank, saying they had turned the lives of Palestinians into 'Hardship and humiliation.' President George W. Bush heaped praise Thursday on Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and said prospects for Palestinian gaining a state seem to be closer than ever before. But Bush said at a news conference after one-hour meeting in the Oval Office that...