X-Message-Number: 19350 Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:05:28 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #19345 - #19348 Hi everyone! This is really a message about whether or not Bush's speech was entirely on the side of Israel. The entire speech was broadcast here in Australia, not doubt because Australians are interested in what goes on in the US. At one point Bush referred to two UN resolutions and said that Israel must fulfil them. Yes, this was a somewhascure reference, but (from my memory; I want to actually look them up!) they told ISAEL that it must withdraw from all the settlements Israelis have made on the Palestinian territory. Perhaps I am wrong about this, and it was not said a clearly as I would have liked. However it is WRONG to claim that his speech laid no requirements on Israel. The two sides in this fight naturally decided to emphasize different points about his speech. It's to the political advantage of the Palestinians to argue that Bush was entirely against them. If anyone knows of these two resolutions, however, it would be the Palestinians. And they would probably be the last to raise this point. Just a comment about Bush's speech. And if I'm wrong about the UN resolutions he cited, then you show me that by giving the resolutions and what they say, not just by saying I am wrong, a Bush zealot, etc etc. Best wishes and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson PS: Ideally all the 3rd parties to this dispute should step aside and let the Israelis and Palestinians work out their problems entirely by themselves. Unfortunately that probably won't happen. It's not that they'd make a solution we'd all consider to be a good one... there is no truly good solution. That's part of the problem. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19350