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| A Palestinian printing press prepares an anti-Bush banner for demonstrations in the Gaza Strip agains US President George W. Bush's visit to the region, 8 January 2007. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) |
This week US President George W. Bush embarks on a tour of some of the US' Middle East allies, including his first visit while in office to Israel. The trip has been presaged by a lot of media guesswork about what exactly Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will discuss, and one of the likely topics will apparently be the so-called "illegal outposts." [1]
The New York Times last Saturday reported remarks made by Bush in an interview with Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot about the need for Israel to dismantle these outposts and the apparent "awkward" nature of the issue for both US and Israeli governments. [2] However, the issue of outposts -- framed as Bush forcing a reticent Israeli administration to compromise for the sake of peace -- risks clouding far more crucial issues that go to the heart of the conflict."
Rest of article here... An American President and the outposts of Zion
