Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush Offers Peacemaking Checklist."
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Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush Offers Peacemaking Checklist."
President Bush called for a halt to Israel's military occupation of land the Palestinians claim for a state and an end to the terrorist threat over the Jewish homeland, spelling out the U.S. bottom line Thursday for ending the long and bloody Mideast conflict.
"Now is the time to make difficult choices," Bush said. An agreement will require "painful concessions" by both sides, Bush said, but he predicted one could be reached within a year, putting himself more firmly on the line than ever for an achievement considered unlikely by many experts. [...]
In Washington, Jon Alterman, head of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Bush's statement was "more detailed than he has been so far about the shape of a negotiated solution, but there is a lot of opposition on both sides even to his vague principles." He said Bush didn't spell out enough specifics to answer critics on either side.
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