Takeover by Hamas Illustrates Failure of Bush's Mideast Vision

Five years ago this month, President Bush stood in the Rose Garden and laid out a vision for the Middle East that included Israel and a state called Palestine living together in peace. "I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror," the president declared.
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Glenn Kessler

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