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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=273413&displayTypeCd=1&sideCd=1&contrassID=2
Jerusalem Welcomes Bush's Speech
(Ha'aretz) - Aluf Benn The Prime Minister's Office believes Bush's speech will encourage the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian prime minister, marginalizing Arafat even further. Bush also removed the Europeans from the equation, making it clear that the U.S. is leading the peace process, and not the international Quartet. The president made it quite clear that the wording of the road map is far from complete, and that the administration is open to comments from either side. Finally, Bush reaffirmed that the binding basis for the renewed peace drive would be his June 2002 speech - the only one Sharon has accepted.