US Support for Settlements Undermines Road Map
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MUSCAT, 31 August 2004 - It was expected that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would surprise the world with a decision to expand the settlements by building more housing units in the West Bank.
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A significant gap opened up between the British and US governments on Middle East policy yesterday when Downing Street expressed its continued opposition to any expansion of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian West Bank.
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A leaked Israeli plan to build 1,000 new Jewish settler homes in the West Bank yesterday sent Bush administration officials scrambling for a response in the sensitive period before November&#39;s presidential election.
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The Palestinian leadership expressed dismay today at reports that the Bush Administration is turning a blind eye to an expansion of Israeli settlements.
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Jewish organizations and leaders in the U.S. are divided over Israel&#039;s plan to redraw the country&#039;s borders on its own if it cannot quickly negotiate peace with the Palestinians, and are giving the White House conflicting advice about whether to support or fund the effort.
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TEL AVIV A shaky political system here raised a huge question mark last week over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s ability to pursue his only existing diplomatic plan - the initiative to evacuate the Gaza strip and to remove some of the Israeli settlements
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians accused the  United States on Sunday of destroying the Middle East peace  process after Washington signaled it could accept some growth  of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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THROUGHOUT its first term, the Bush administration held that the road to Jerusalem passed through Baghdad. Even before the 9/11 attacks, but especially after them, it shunned the very term &quot;peace
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What Ariel Sharon has been indicating for months is now stated Israeli policy: The US-drawn &quot;road map&quot; to a Palestinian state is locked in the glove compartment - along with other failed peace plans.
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One of the principal causes of the failure of all previous peace efforts has been the neglect of the grassroots. The Oslo agreement never delivered concrete âpeace dividends&#39; which ordinary individuals could point to.
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Learn more before investing in viatical settlements -- they do have drawbacks.
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U.S. politics, a desire to support  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan and  Palestinian political disarray play into hints U.S. officials  may accept growth within Israeli settlements.
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The Palestinian Authority on Sunday reacted with shock and disbelief to reports that the US will now tacitly support construction in major settlements in the West Bank and warned that the shift in American policy would destroy the peace process in the
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The Bush administration, moving to lend support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, has approved growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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JERUSALEM - Israel announced plans Monday to build hundreds of new housing units in the West Bank, following an apparent U.S. policy shift on settlements that the Palestinians warned "will destroy the peace process."   The United States has signaled recently that it will allow Israel to expand existing settlements in the West Bank, while remaining opposed to construction in undeveloped areas...
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei has voiced concern about a reported US policy shift on Jewish settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories and condemned the US for undermining the roadmap peace plan.
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Supporters of the Jewish settlement movement demonstrate against Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plan to remove settlements from the Gaza Strip, in front of Israel&#39;s parliament, or Knesset, Monday Oct. 25, 2004.