Israeli editors on Bush

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The Jerusalem Post claims that the key to resolving the Israeli-Arab conflict is the statement made by President Bush on Jan. 10: “The agreement must establish Palestine as a homeland for the Palestinian people, just as Israel is a homeland for the Jewish people.”

The editor states that the Arab nations could change the climate completely if they would do two things: meet Israeli leaders and say, as Bush did, that the Jewish people have a right to a state just as the Palestinians do. Such actions cannot wait for an agreement because, without them, there will be no agreement, only more stalemate and war.

Ma’ariv suggests that the view that President George Bush’s visit to Israel was a show designed to save Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is both primitive and deceitful.

Yediot Aharonot questions the level of security in Jerusalem due to President George Bush’s visit. The editors write: “It is doubtful if the city fathers of Paris or Rome would order their cities to be hermetically sealed were George W. to decide to pop over for a visit.

“I cannot imagine the London police ordering the early closure of schools and kindergartens and canceling cultural events just because the sheriff has come to town…

“Is it really necessary to embitter the lives of one million residents just because the American intelligence services view us as Middle Eastern Indians?”