Bush Tells PA: 'Don't Worry, I'll Sway Israel'

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The New York-based Bloomberg News reported that President Bush
summoned Palestinian Authority (PA) officials to a 30-minute
unscheduled meeting following complaints conveyed by Undersecretary 
of State Karen Hughes. She told the president that Egypt, Saudi Arabia
and Turkey regard his support for a new Arab state in Israel as an
empty slogan.

When the PA delegation complained to President Bush that expanding
Jewish communities, such as the city of Ma'aleh Adumim, might make 
a new Arab state unacceptable, he eased their fears and said, "Don't
worry. I have some political sway with Israel and will use it if need
be."

PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is in Jordan and on a tour to
Egypt, Vatican, France and Spain before flying to Washington to meet
President Bush on Thursday, and the White House meeting was aimed 
to ease PA worries. Israel has maintained that no further concessions 
can be granted to the PA until it takes measures to stop incitement 
and disarm terrorists.

[...]

At the impromptu White House meeting with PA officials, President Bush
assured them that he would pressure Israel to open up the Gaza region,
according to the Post.

[...]

Arutz Sheva Israel Broadcasting Network

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