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...victory. Shamir had feared that President Bush might push an international peace conference, which he had cautiously endorsed during earlier meetings last week with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. And Shamir was deeply aggrieved by another Bush pronouncement, urging Israel to end its "occupation" of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
WASHINGTON--President Bush, opening a week of intensive talks on the Middle East, met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday and urged an end to Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
Bush did not specify whether his administration was demanding total Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
...month Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and Israel's tough tactics in dealing with it have created pressure on the search for a peace settlement...
...same time, the Administration suggests modest concessions by both sides as first steps toward an eventual agreement. On Israel's part, such "confidence- building measures" would include releasing at least some Palestinians imprisoned during the intifadeh and holding elections leading to a limited form of autonomy for Gaza and the West Bank. The U.S. is also urging Jerusalem to start talking to Palestinian leaders who live in the occupied territories but do not belong to the P.L.O. Much to Shamir's displeasure, Secretary of State James Baker declared last week that it would be a "major mistake" to rule...