White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said Thursday: "Should the Palestinians declare a cease-fire, it must be accompanied by parallel steps to disarm and dismantle terrorists and terrorist infrastructure." (White House) See also Bush: I Have in My Capacity to Pressure Ariel Sharon President Bush, responding to a question by a reporter from Al-Hayat about whether he has the capacity to pressure Sharon during a U.S. election year, replied that he certainly had the ability to do that. (Yediot Ahronot-Hebrew)
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