Israel’s security is a higher priority for the Bush administration than Palestinian statehood, a U.S. senator said. “Obviously one of the greatest commitments that we have is to the Jewish people and the State of Israel, to try and manage the difficult process of the peace there and securing that nation, and doing so in a way that, if possible, is just to the Palestinians,” Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), said Saturday at the World Economic Forum conference on the Middle East. He said peacemaking must be predicated on Palestinian Authority reform.
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