{"id":197209,"date":"2004-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=197209"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:21:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:21:59","slug":"auto-insert-197209","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-197209\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharon remarks about Gaza pullout – Excerpt from USDOS briefing – USDOS press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"
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16 September 2004<\/p><\/div>\n

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White House Daily Briefing, September 15<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Hurricane Ivan, Millennium Challenge Accounts, Israel\/Prime Minister Sharon, National Guard\/documents, Iraq, economy\/jobs, North Korea, Taiwan, national debt\/long-term budget, Medicare, Saudi Arabia\/Release of International Religious Freedom Report<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed the press September 15.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION: Scott, Prime Minister Sharon says Israel is not following the <\/span>road map<\/a> and may stay in the West Bank long after the Gaza pullout. Has he communicated this to you?<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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MR. MCCLELLAN: I saw a media report to that effect, and I don't think that accurately reflected what he was saying. Prime Minister Sharon has reaffirmed his commitment to moving forward on his bold proposal to move out of the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. That is a proposal that can help get us jump-started again on the road map, which is the path toward the President's two-state solution. And so that — I think that is what the Prime Minister is talking about, is moving forward on his disengagement plan.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Q: Have you had any communications with him about this?<\/p><\/div>\n

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MR. McCLELLAN: We stay in regular contact with Israel. I don't know that we've had conversations specifically about this article you're referring to, but I didn't read it the same way you did.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Q: On the pullouts in Gaza, Prime Minister Sharon is intent in pulling out from Gaza. The majority of the Israeli public appear to support him, except for the settlers. Does it concern the administration that the Sharon government is probably likely to fall if this Gaza pullout is completed?<\/p><\/div>\n

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MR. McCLELLAN: I wouldn't even begin to speculate about that, Connie. The Prime Minister has taken bold steps to move settlers out of the Gaza strip and out of parts of the West Bank. This is an opportunity for the Palestinian people to engage in this process, too, and begin to build the institutions necessary for a viable state to exist. And we are continuing to be engaged with the parties in the region. We view this as an historic opportunity to jump-start the road map again and get to the two-state solution the President has outlined.<\/p><\/div>\n

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END 1:45 P.M. EDT<\/p><\/div>\n

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(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: <\/span>http:\/\/usinfo.state.gov<\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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