Saudi Prince Gives Bush 8-Point Mideast Peace Plan

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Saudi Prince Gives Bush 8-Point Mideast Peace Plan

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Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah has presented US President George W. Bush with a list of proposed agreement for Middle East peace, including the deployment of a multinational force, an end to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 border, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

The eight-point proposal, which Abudullah handed to Bush on Thursday during their lengthy discussion at Bush's Texas ranch, was intended to be a comprehensive outline of how to move quickly toward a long-term resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis.

According to the report, the Saudi proposal recommends:

1. Israel's withdrawal from Palestinian areas;

2. End to Israeli siege at Ramallah;

3. Stationing an armed multinational peacekeeping force in the region;

4. International help reconstructing Palestinian areas overrun by Israeli troops;

5. Renunciation of violence;

6. Immediate political talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority;

7. An end to Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas;

8. Enforcement of United Nations Resolution 242, which calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands -- all or some, according to conflicting interpretations of the text -- in exchange for recognition of Israel's right to exist within secure borders.

There was "a lot of overlap" with Bush's own ideas in the proposal, the Bush administration officials said.

But they said the Bush administration prefers unarmed monitors to a multinational force and believes that final agreement on settlements and borders should be left to political negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

These three points are what Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected outright.

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