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Former U.S. House speaker says America should drop roadmap plan
By: Haaretz   
Published: June 17, 2005   
 
In a paper entitled, "Defeat Terror, Not Roadmap Diplomacy," the high-profile Republican leader insisted that civil negotiations and Oslo-like diplomacy should not continue until the Palestinian Authority dismantles all terrorist infrastructures.

Gingrich argued that diplomacy in face of violence "is the wrong answer because it puts the wrong people in charge of finding a solution."

"Diplomats, by their nature, believe in talk and in paper," he wrote. "They value meetings and agreements. But in order for diplomacy to work, negotiators must be honest brokers willing to keep commitments.

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Gingrich: U.S. should abandon roadmap in the quest for peace  - (Haaretz)  06.17.2005
 
 

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