White House: Bush calls Abbas, discusses Gaza

by 158 | December 30, 2008 at 11:06 am
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President George W. Bush and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed in a telephone conversation Tuesday that if any new cease-fire agreement is to be effective in the Mideast, "it must be respected by Hamas," the White House said.

Briefing reporters at Bush's Texas ranch, spokesman Gordon Johndroe reiterated the U.S. call for the militant Hamas organization to stop firing rockets into Israel. He said that Bush talked to both Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayed after having a briefing by videoconference with his own top aides on the fast-paced developments in Gaza.

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Well, without Hamas agreement it means nothing.

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158

It appears you are not a Bush fan.

Bush is not a good president but he is nothing like Hitler.


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