At this point, Mr Bush turned briefly to the Israelis, pointing out that it was in their own security interests to support the emergence of a stable, peaceful Palestinian state.
Given that there is no chance that Israeli territorial giveaways will lead to a peaceful Palestinian state, the question arises, is there any way to compel American politicians to give up their fantasies of fancy signing ceremonies in the White House Rose Garden that far from bringing peace, engender radicalism, instability and death?
"Success, the establishment of a peaceful, democratic state, the defeat of terrorism -- this success is within reach, " he said.
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Fatah has supported the peaceful two-state principle since the late 1980s, but half the 11-member Central Council opposed the terms of the agreement with Israel negotiated secretly in the Norwegian capital.
Israelis have leaders who recognize that a peaceful, democratic Palestinian state will be a source of lasting security.
For the Palestinian people, we seek a peaceful and democratic Palestinian state that serves its citizens and respects its neighbors.
If they say yes, the next job will be to show the Palestinians, who have reasons to doubt it, that they can indeed acquire their state by peaceful means.
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By claiming that he is only pressuring Israel to enable a peaceful "two-state solution, " Obama assumes that he will be able to maintain his support base among American Jews who will overlook the underlying hostility his "pro-peace" stance papers over.
Why should a state seeking a peaceful nuclear program work so hard to whip up war fever?
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If the Palestinian Authority were an entrepreneurial-minded, moderate, peaceful institution, the Jewish state would have been delighted to cut a generous deal long ago.
To maintain even a smudge of domestic legitimacy, Fatah's leaders have no choice but to adopt Hamas's rejection of peaceful coexistence with the Jewish state.
"The impact of such operations undermines the trust and confidence of the Afghan people in efforts to build a just, peaceful and law-abiding state, " Eide added.
In the long-run, Israel is harmed when its leaders promote the fiction that it is possible to reach an accord with the Palestinians that will bring about the formal and peaceful establishment of a Palestinian state.
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Most importantly, he managed the peaceful transition from a pretty bleak Communist state towards a reasonably functioning democracy, elevating public morality not to mention political worldliness to the Czech political agenda.
The alliance of Iran, Syria, Hizbullah and Hamas also scored with the arrival of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Baghdad for what was billed as the first peaceful visit by an Iranian head of state in four centuries (see article).
Hoping to pre-empt trouble, state television mounted a campaign promoting peaceful voting, and the army deployed in force near polling stations.
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McCAIN: And if he really thinks that by liberating Iraq from a dangerous tyrant, America somehow set a bad example that invited Russia to invade a small, peaceful and democratic nation, then he should state it outright, because that is a debate I welcome.
Musharraf says he needs to keep the state of emergency in place to ensure peaceful elections.
In the fields of education, the sciences, culture, and communication and information, we are helping to lay the foundations that are necessary today for state-building and for a more peaceful, prosperous and sustainable future.
But he also appealed to employees for their help, saying the work of the state department could "make the world more peaceful".
"For a head of state to put the onus of security on peaceful demonstrators and not on the security forces is a gross dereliction of duty and a license for abuse, " Sahraoui said on Friday.
Iran's controversial nuclear programme, which the country insists is for peaceful purposes, will also be on the new secretary of state's agenda.
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"We also urge all armed rebels to engage in dialogue with civilian leaders in (the capital city of) Bamako to find a nonviolent path forward for national elections and a peaceful coexistence, " said Victoria Nuland, spokeswoman for the State Department.
"We also urge all armed rebels to engage in dialogue with civilian leaders in (the capital city of) Bamako to find a nonviolent path forward for national elections and a peaceful coexistence, " said Victoria Nuland, a spokeswoman for the State Department.
It is a hard-headed recognition that a genuine peace is the only path that will ultimately provide for a peaceful Palestine as the homeland of the Palestinian people and a Jewish state of Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. (Applause.) That is my goal, and I look forward to continuing to work with AIPAC to achieve that goal.
The United States will scrupulously and honestly monitor evidence that Arab nations and Iran persist in fomenting violence against the Jewish State and her people behavior that is incompatible with peaceful coexistence between the parties and a durable and just end to conflict in the region.
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In so doing, it will advance the cause of peaceful coexistence over the long-term far better than the failed two-state solution.
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That is, she applauded the fact that at Annapolis, the goal of fostering peaceful coexistence between the Palestinians and Israel was supplanted by the establishment of a Palestinian state as the aim of the so-called peace process.
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Bitcoin challenges the State as monetary sovereign and that has grave implications for their monetary authority and quasi-peaceful taxing authority.
It has stressed that the aim of the soon-to-start direct negotiation is to reach a peaceful settlement that would end the Israeli occupation which began in 1967, allowing for the independent and sovereign state of Palestine to emerge and live side by side in peace and security with the state of Israel.
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