Israel Has Right to Defend, Bush Urges Arafat to Denounce Terror

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Israel Has Right to Defend, Bush Urges Arafat to Denounce Terror

US President Bush, describing the suicide bombers as simple terror, on Monday continued to urge Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to "denounce the terrorist activities." In his remarks, Bush repeated his call for fighting terrorism, saying that he hoped the world community will continue to condemn terror and that the world community must band together to stop suicide Bomb.

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Bush denounces terrorist activities

US President George W. Bush, describing the suicide bombers as simple terror, on Monday continued to urge Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to "denounce the terrorist activities."

"There will never be peace (in the Middle East) so long as there's terror," Bush told reporters at the White House.

He urged the Israeli and Palestinian sides to "accept the Tenet plan so that we can bring some peaceful resolution to an issue that's affecting the lives of Palestinians and Israelis alike."

In replying to a question of what's keeping Bush from labeling Arafat a terrorist, Bush said that "Chairman Arafat has agreed to a peace process. He's agreed to the Tenet plan. He's agreed to the Mitchell plan. He has negotiated with parties as to how to achieve peace."

Bush claims Israel has right to defend herself

But Bush still has not made any call for the withdrawal of the Israeli troops from Ramallah, only saying that "it's very important for the (Israeli) prime minister to keep a pathway to peace open."

"Israel should protect herself," Bush added.

In his remarks, Bush repeated his call for fighting terrorism, saying that he hoped the world community will continue to condemn terror and that the world community "must band together to stop this kind of activity (suicide Bomb) if we expect there to be peace and resolution in the Middle East."

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