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By Atul Aneja
MANAMA, FEB. 1. The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has said peace in West Asia was possible only with the formation of a State, which met the aspirations of the Palestinian people. Dr. Rice who is visiting Ramallah and Jerusalem later this week, told a meeting of her staff that Israel must give up territory and create "conditions in which a new Palestinian State could emerge." Dr. Rice said emergence of a Palestinian state that Israel recognised was "within our grasp," provided there was enough territory that was contiguous so that a viable state could function. "I don't think any of us doubt that without a Palestinian state that is viable, that can meet the aspirations of the Palestinian people, there really isn't going to be a peace for either the Palestinian people or the Israelis," she said. Palestinians demand an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories of Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem. Dr. Rice's remarks follow signs that tensions between the newly elected Palestinian Presidency under Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli establishment were easing. Nevertheless, sporadic violence was still common. In Gaza, Palestinians accused the Israeli army of killing 10-year old Nuran Deeb, who was hit in the playground of a United Nations-run school on Monday. The Palestinian militant organisation Hamas fired nine mortar shells at a Jewish settlement in Gaza in response. Enforcement of tension easing measures is still slow.
Plan modified
Israel modified a plan to withdraw forces from five West Bank towns following Monday's violence. The Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, told the Palestinian negotiator, Muhammad Dahlan, that troops would withdraw from cities one-by-one, beginning with Ramallah, rather than all five together. Nevertheless, Israeli troops have permitted Palestinians to enter Egypt from the southern Gaza Strip for the first time since December.
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