US Calls for Change of Palestinian Leadership

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US Calls for Change of Palestinian Leadership

U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday unveiled a much-awaited new peace plan designed to revive the Middle East peace process which he said must start with a change of the Palestinian leadership.

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U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday unveiled a much-awaited new peace plan designed to revive the Middle East peace process which he said must start with a change of the Palestinian leadership.

"Peace requires a new and different Palestinian leadership so that a Palestinian state can be born," Bush said at the Rose Garden of the White House.

Bush, who has been a constant critic of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat since he assumed presidency in January last year, called on the Palestinians to "elect new leaders" and "build a practicing democracy based on tolerance and liberty."

"If the Palestinians people meet these goals, they will be able to reach agreement with Israel and Egypt and Jordan on security and other arrangements for independence," he said.

"When the Palestinian people have new leaders, new institutions and new security arrangements with their neighbors, the United States of America will support the creation of a Palestinian state whose borders and certain aspects of its sovereignty will be provisional until resolved as part of a final settlement in the Middle East," Bush added.

Bush said the final border of a Palestinian state could be decided through political negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians in three years.

The U.S. president, who originally planned to make a speech about his new peace plan last week, put off the speech due to a wave of fresh violence in the Middle East.

The Israeli government responded with aggressive military incursions into the Palestinian-controlled areas over the past few days.

Analysts here believe that Bush's speech again manifests U.S. support for the Israelis.

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