Militants on both sides vow to press on despite summit
Wednesday,June4,2003,10:42 PM
Jerusalem-AP -- Talk of peace at the Mideast summit with President Bush, and vows to keep fighting from militants on both sides. Hamas militants say the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'), has sold them out. Jewish settlers are angry with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who was once their patron.
Settlers rallied Wednesday against creation of a Palestinian state. A Cabinet minister told them the summit means hope only for the evil. The settlers say the Palestinian territories should be part of Israel, but the U-S-backed peace plan calls for creation of a Palestinian state by 2005.
In Gaza, meanwhile, Hamas leaders say they'll never give up their goal of destroying Israel. They say they are willing to discuss a cease-fire, however.
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