Congressional letter urges Rice to stay course
A bipartisan letter gathering signatures in the U.S. House of Representatives urges Condoleezza Rice to maintain her involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
The letter, initiated by Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), chairman of the House’s International Relations Committee, and Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.), commends the U.S. secretary of state for “for achieving an historic agreement” on opening the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
Israel had resisted allowing the border to open, feeling the Palestinian Authority had not sufficiently secured the crossing since Israel left Gaza in September, but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s government gave the go-ahead under pressure from Rice.
“We thus hope that you will continue to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians a personal priority, including seeing through the implementation of this historic agreement,” the letter concludes.
The letter, initiated by Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), chairman of the House’s International Relations Committee, and Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.), commends the U.S. secretary of state for “for achieving an historic agreement” on opening the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
Israel had resisted allowing the border to open, feeling the Palestinian Authority had not sufficiently secured the crossing since Israel left Gaza in September, but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s government gave the go-ahead under pressure from Rice.
“We thus hope that you will continue to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians a personal priority, including seeing through the implementation of this historic agreement,” the letter concludes.
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