Just a few weeks ago President Bush traveled to the Middle East and visited with the leader of Israel, the leader of the Palestinians, Saudi Arabia, and other Middle East countries. This was supposed to restart the so called "Road Map" talks and lead to a treaty to solve the Israel and Palestine problem before years end.
But the President failed to include Hamas, and the palestinians who occupy the Gaza strip, in the talks. Keep in mind it was Hamas who won the parliament election in 2006. How can the U.S., Israel, and the Palestinians, as well as other nations of the Middle East, reach a lasting peace agreement and establish a Palestinian state with borders without Hamas being invited or involved.
Now we have Israel and Hamas in conflict again with each other. Both sides launch attacks against each other and Israel has responded by cutting off all supplies moving into and out of Gaza. Israel has cut off fuel for Gaza's only power plant. The Palestinians, in order to break the hard ships, blew up the wall separating Gaza and Egypt and flooded Egypt to stock up on supplies. The breach in the wall is still open and the Palestinians are still moving into Gaza to purchase needy goods and food.
President Bush has been A.W.O.L. for 7 years concerning the Israel-Palestinian problem so in his last year he decides to go to the middle east and save face before he leaves office. But he fails to include Hamas in any of the talks and now Hamas is making its plight known. This is just more incompetence from President Bush. The world needs a Middle East peace agreement that will actually work.
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