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Article: Bush calls for halt to West Bank settlements while Sharon visits Texas ranch.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2005
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Byline: David Jackson
CRAWFORD, Texas _ While praising Israeli leader Ariel Sharon for his plans to remove Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip, President Bush warned Monday that the "road map" to peace with the Palestinians could be blocked by new settlements on the West Bank.
"Israel has an obligation under the road map _ that's no expansion of settlements," Bush said in an unusual show of discord after the two leaders met on the president's ranch.
Sharon, facing heavy internal opposition to his Gaza withdrawal plan, did not renounce West Bank expansion but put the onus on the Palestinians, saying they need to do more to crack down on ...