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See other Survival Skills Articles Title: GEIRGE BUSH AND RICE ARE TERRORIST LOVERS AND THEY BOTH ARE TRAITORS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GOD
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URL Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659109/posts
Published: Jul 2, 2006
Author: VARIOUS
Post Date: 2006-07-02 14:43:21 by TLBSHOW
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The United States government has laid down three rules for the current Israel Defense Forces operation in the Gaza Strip, according to senior sources in Jerusalem: No harming Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas; no harming civilians and avoid damaging infrastructure. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will brief the cabinet on the international situation. Livni has been providing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with daily updates and is in touch with the UN secretary-general, the coordinator of foreign policy in the European Union and the foreign ministers of Italy, Spain and Qatar. Foreign Ministry officials expressed satisfaction over the weekend with the results of their efforts to obtain international legitimacy for Israel's operations. According to the senior sources, the main concerns raised by the international community have been humanitarian, and to a less extent focused on the arrests of senior Hamas officials in the West Bank. Overall, there is understanding for Israeli actions. The fact that Israel waited for some time after the abduction of Corporal Gilad Shalit before responding militarily and the fact that no Palestinian civilians have been killed in the operations have also helped. Israel's "public diplomacy" efforts, aimed at getting the Western media to support the IDF operations have also borne fruit. The American newspapers The New York Times and The Washington Post have published editorials that placed responsibility for the crisis on Hamas. The outgoing Austrian term presidency of the European Union published an announcement Friday on the situation in the Middle East calling for Shalit's immediate and unconditional release. The strongest anti-Israeli responses have come from Sweden and Norway.
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