Israeli premier: Peace unlikely

Associated Press, Jerusalem

Transcribed from the clipping

“JERUSALEM (AP) — Furious over the killing of two Israelis hiking in the West Bank, Israel’s prime minister said Sunday that no peace will come until Palestinians crack down on militants, a declaration that clouds a coming visit by President Bush. To clear the way for Bush to push for progress, the two sides had just agreed to paper over another spat: Israel’s plan to build 307 new apartments in a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem, the section claimed by the Palestinians.… ‘As long as the Palestinian Authority doesn’t take the necessary steps and act with the necessary vigor against terror organizations, Israel won’t be able to carry out any change that would expose it to any jeopardy or endanger Israel’s security,’ he said… ‘To address this issue between Palestinians and Israelis, we need the resumption of a meaningful peace process,’ Erekat said.”

Photograph caption

Disabled Palestinian artist Mohammed Shaban painted a mural on a wall depicting the face of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, left, next to a mural depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday.

Context added by this archive

The second time in ten weeks that this man’s painting is the photograph on an American page and this man is in none of its sentences. Both papers name him. Both call him a disabled Palestinian artist. Neither asks him anything.

Cite this item

"Israeli premier: Peace unlikely," Leader-Telegram, 31 December 2007. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2007-007. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2007-007

Elsewhere in the archive

Israel claims it foiled Palestinian plot to kill OlmertThe Sun · 22 October 2007 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
Deaths Mounting in Palestine RiotsLeader-Telegram · 4 December 1947 · the same newspaper
No one seeks to wipe out PalestiniansThe Birmingham News · 2 January 2007 · the same year
EU cuts electricity funding to Gaza, says Hamas ‘diverting’ revenuesGettysburg Times · 21 August 2007 · the same year
‘Al-Nakba denial’ pervades letterThe Register-Guard · 14 December 2007 · the same year

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