US secretary of state seeks to impose Israeli diktats on Palestinians

Chris Marsden, WSWS
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was busy "lowering expectations" after her five-day tour of the Middle East. In truth, Israel had its expectations fully realised, and, amongst the Palestinians, only the Abbas regime would have entertained any other outcome. Last week’s tour was to promote and prepare for President Bush’s planned Middle East summit in Maryland late November. By the end of the week, Rice was denying that the summit had been postponed until December, because no invitations had been sent yet....
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