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Article: Confront unquestioning support for Israel. (Editorials).(United States foreign policy)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- July 19, 2002
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The Mideast peace plan announced last month by President Bush is a profound disappointment to all those interested in seeing a just and timely end to the conflict in the Middle East. The situation there is so desperate and the plan put forward so unrealistic that it is an invitation to despair. Certainly, it invites despair on the part of Palestinians, who are told to undertake sweeping reforms of their institutions before any progress toward peace can take place.
Any society ordered to overhaul its economy, transform its institutions and elect new leadership would face a momentous undertaking even in peacetime. To expect this of an embattled people living under ...