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Here’s the speech during which President Bush makes the suggestion and here’s the graph, about eight from the bottom:
The world can do more to build the conditions for peace. So I will call together an international meeting this fall of representatives from nations that support a two-state solution, reject violence, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and commit to all previous agreements between the parties. The key participants in this meeting will be the Israelis, the Palestinians, and their neighbors in the region. Secretary Rice will chair the meeting. She and her counterparts will review the progress that has been made toward building Palestinian institutions. They will look for innovative and effective ways to support further reform. And they will provide diplomatic support for the parties in their bilateral discussions and negotiations, so that we can move forward on a successful path to a Palestinian state.
The conference, to be hosted by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, would include the Israelis, Palestinians and “their neighbors in the region,” according to the president.
A senior State Department official, in a briefing following the speech, would not specify where the meeting would be held or which countries were expected to take part, but did say that “robust consultations” were going on. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, said that Israel hoped to see the involvement of countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Morocco. But she played down the mandate of such a gathering, saying that Bush had not called it an international peace conference, but rather a regional “meeting” of participants who support the idea of a two-state solution. The purpose of the meeting, she said, was not to come up with a conclusive peace agreement, but rather to bring together those backing a two-state solution to lend support to the sides.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:12 am July 17th, 2007 in Politics
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Too little, too late, * wrong person *
*** Too little too late? Bush calls for Rice to lead meeting w/Israel, Palestinians, “neighbors in the region” ***
I mean, come on! She’s done such a *wonderful* job SO far, eh?
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