"I'm the first President to have articulated" Palestine and Israel side by

[rodeodance]

side). This is what Bush said today in his speech--as if he was the first to have a two state solution. I head the clip on Wolf Blitzer--who just let it slip without saying a word.



http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060329-6.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 29, 2006

President Discusses Democracy in Iraq with Freedom House
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.

Fact sheet Fact Sheet: Strategy for Victory: Freedom in Iraq
Fact sheet In Focus: Renewal in Iraq

12:53 P.M. EST

…….Q Thank you. What can I say to my cousins, my friends, people in the streets who are asking, why is the United States punishing us and cutting funds for people who choose fair and free elections? I think the National Endowment for Democracy has characterized it as the text book, fair and free elections. Then why are we punishing the people -- I don't mean the government -- the people of Palestine -- the refugees, the poor, the malnourished mothers and children?

THE PRESIDENT: Great question. Thank you for asking it. Just to step back, I believe I'm the first President to have articulated the -- my desires for there to be a Palestinian state living at peace with Israel. And I still think it's a real possibility for that to happen. I believe democracies don't war with each other, and I believe a Palestinian democracy is in the interests of the Palestinian people, the Israelis, and the rest of the world.

Secondly, I think that aid should go to suffering Palestinians, but nor should it go to a government, however, which has expressed its desire to destroy its neighbor. If the goal of the United States is two states living side-by-side in peace, and one government elected says, we want to destroy one of the parties, it makes no sense for us to support that government. We support the election process, we support democracy, but that doesn't mean we have to support governments that get elected as a result of democracy.

Now, the Palestinians must make a choice as to whether or not it makes sense for them to have a government that says they want to destroy their neighbor. I don't think it does. As a matter of fact, I think it's important for governments to say, we want to work out our differences in a peaceful way. But I am concerned about the suffering Palestinian people. I think the U.S. government has got aid that goes directly to people. And I know that we'll continue to call upon governments in


http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/clinton_plan.html

The Clinton Peace Plan
(October 23, 2000)


…..Any solution must address both needs.

The solution will have to be consistent with the two-state approach - the state of Palestine as the homeland of the Palestinian people and the state of Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people.

Under the two-state solution, the guiding principle should be that the Palestinian state should be the focal point for the Palestinians who choose to return to the area without ruling out that Israel will accept some of these refugees.

I believe that we need to adopt a formulation on the right of return that will make clear that there is no specific right of return to Israel itself but that does not negate the aspiration of the Palestinian people to return to the area.

I propose two alternatives:……..
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[Ian David]

1. That's even bigger than inventing the internet! WOW! n/t

[rodeodance]

6. and Wolf just let it slide.

[tanyev]

2. Yeah, that's how history will remember him. The Great Articulator.

[electropop]

3. Because he's so articulate.

:sarcasm:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. isn't that the two piece bus that heads down State Street?

Goes north to Devon, and south to 95th?

[rodeodance]

9. we have a state streeet here-but not the others

[Skeptor]

5. Perhaps it's not that he's trying to REWRITE history,

but just that he doesn't KNOW history.

[rodeodance]

7. yeah, you hit it right!!

[rodeodance]

8. maybe media matters would like this?--here is email address

[email protected]