Calling himself "an Israeli at heart," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told Israeli legislators during a lecture on Wednesday that the burden for achieving peace in Israel rests with the Palestinians, who he said must eradicate terrorism. Speaking a day after President Bush met at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, DeLay said that Bush "made clear that the prospects of peace are the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority," which must "fight terror and dismantle terrorist capabilities." Bush also urged Sharon to ease restrictions on Palestinians and to restrain Israel's own actions. Yet DeLay, while declaring that Palestinians "have been oppressed and abused," said that the culprit was Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "Israel is not the problem," he said. "Israel is the solution."
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