Bush under Fire over Sharon Invitation

Bush under Fire over Sharon Invitation : A senior Jewish MP today launched an attack on US President George Bush’s decision to invite Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the White House. The invitation amounted to a “presidential seal of approval” for Sharon’s Likud Government, which was responsible for “indiscriminate” killings of Palestinians, said Mr Kaufman.He called for economic sanctions against Israel to bring Likud to the negotiating table.

"Speaking today at the Rusholme branch of the Labour Party in Manchester, Mr Kaufman said: “By inviting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the White House, President George W. Bush has given his presidential seal of approval to Israel’s Likud government.

“That Government’s policies include targeted assassinations, indiscriminate killing of Palestinians, including this weekend’s slaughter of a small boy, the separation wall that is bringing poverty and despair to huge numbers of Palestinians, continuation of settlements against international law, and breaking up Palestinian territory into small fragments through the installation of 482 Israeli army checkpoints.”

The veteran Labour MP for Manchester Gorton, a long-time critic of Likud, added: “Bush has shown whose side he is on in this grossly unequal struggle by refusing to invite the Palestinian Prime Minister, even though the ostensible purpose of the invitation to Sharon is the Middle East peace process."

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." --George Orwell




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both men are there to raise money. sharon can enrich the likud party and bush the republican party.the only thing in common is mutual greed