Quartet for full Gaza pullout

Published May 5, 2004

UNITED NATIONS, May 4: The quartet of Middle East mediators called on Tuesday for a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and said the plan presented a "rare moment of opportunity" despite its rejection by Israeli conservatives.

The US, UN, Russian and European officials also said most sensitive issues must be negotiated by the two sides, an implicit rebuke to US President George W. Bush's assurances that Israel could not be expected to give up all its West Bank settlements or to accept the return of Palestinian refugees. -Reuters

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