ARABS-ISRAEL - Oct. 13 - US Scolds Israel Over Rising Civilian Deaths.
News agencies report that on Oct. 11 US Ambassador to Israel Daniel
Kurtzer delivered a message from US Pres. Bush to PM Sharon, criticising
Israel for the rising number of Palestinian civilians killed during Army
operations and for its failure to lift crippling crip·ple
n.
1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple.
2. A damaged or defective object or device.
tr.v. restrictions on
movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip For the West Bank and Gaza Strip please see one of the following: - Judea and Samaria
- West Bank
- Gaza Strip
- Yesha
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Israel
- Palestinian territories
- Gush Katif
. At the weekly meeting of
Israeli cabinet, Sharon said, "Israel has great interest in easing
conditions for Palestinians who are not involved in terrorism", but
by failing to crack down on militants, "the Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority (PA) or Palestinian National Authority, interim self-government body responsible for areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Palestinian control. does not enable Israel to move ahead with this policy as it
wishes". A senior Israeli official said the US message reiterated
what had already been said publicly. (He cited the Oct. 7 White House
statement saying that Bush was "deeply troubled" by the raid
on Khan khan
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