Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Analysis: Will Bush Now Push for Mideast Peace?
``It is not enough to introduce a roadmap, there must be a specific mechanism for action and Israel must stop its continuing aggression against the Palestinian people,'' Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said, reflecting Arab frustration.

Palestinian cabinet minister Ghassan Khatib complained that Bush ``keeps saying he's committed to the roadmap but he keeps postponing it, which gives us the impression he is not sincere.''

Washington delayed publishing the peace plan, drafted last December, first because of an Israeli election, then while Sharon formed his government, then until the Palestinians named a prime minister, and now until he appoints his cabinet.

Khatib said the Palestinians had started to fulfil their part of the bargain, working to reduce Palestinian violence and enact political and administrative reforms.

Yet while attacks on Israel had dwindled, Sharon continued killings of wanted Palestinian militants, he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-mideast-peace.html

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