Bush Predicts Completion of Mideast Treaty
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RAMALLAH, Jan. 10 -- President Bush, having rumbled by car past Israeli checkpoints to this Palestinian city, said he thought a Palestinian-Israeli peace treaty could be signed within the year, setting the stage for a "two state solution" to decades of conflict.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday that there was now a &quot;great chance&quot; to establish a Palestinian state and that he would invest the authority of the United States to try to accomplish that goal during his second term.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.
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The election of a new Palestinian leader on Sunday could prompt a surge of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. And yet, President Bush has ruled out "shortcuts" to an accord with Israel.
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President Bush said on Friday he saw a "great chance" of achieving an independent Palestinian state and pledged to work with European leaders toward that goal.
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US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are optimistic about reviving the Middle East peace process following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, but vague on how to do it.
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WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush wants to strengthen ties with Europe and believes if they work together, there&#39;s a &quot;great chance&quot; of creating a Palestinian state and peace in the Middle East within four years.
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President Bush told a Thursday news conference he would continue to lead the United States in promoting freedom and democracy in the Middle East.
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US President George W Bush is discussing the Palestinian Territories in talks with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert.
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US President George Bush will make a historic visit to Israel and the West Bank in January, the White House says.
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Bush administration officials say the US could agree to some new Israeli settlement construction on the West Bank, provided it does step outside the boundaries of existing locations - a departure from the freeze demanded till now.
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President Bush, on a fence-mending trip  to Canada, called on Wednesday for an international consensus  in a new quest for peace in the Middle East that he said must  start with Palestinian steps toward democracy.
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President Bush has signed off on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending fighting in the Mideast and is "happy with the progress being made," his spokesman said Saturday.
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US President Bush said Friday he would do whatever it takes to bring about a democratic Palestinian state and Middle East peace. &quot;I think it is fair to say that
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US President George W Bush is expected to defend his Middle East policy at the UN General Assembly.
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ANKARA/JERUSALEM  - Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice said on Saturday Washington was ready to help Middle East  peacemaking but the best outcome would be for Israelis and  Palestinians to go on making progress on their own.
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A new Palestinian leadership would improve chances for the Middle East peace process, US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.