(4 Apr 2002)
1. Close-up pan of Bush and Powell walking into Rose Garden
2. Cutaway reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, US President
"The storms of violence can not go on. Enough is enough. And to those who would try to use the current crisis as an opportunity to widen the conflict, stay out."
4. Wide view of reporters
5. Side view of Bush and Powell
6. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, US President
"The world finds itself at a critical moment, this is a conflict that can widen or an opportunity we can seize. And so I have decided to send Secretary of State Powell to the region next week to seek broad international support for the vision I have outlayed today. As a step in this process he will work to implement United Nations 1402, an immediate and meaningful ceasefire, an end to terror and violence and incitement, withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian cities including Ramallah, implementation of already agreed upon Tenet and Mitchell plans which will lead to a political settlement."
7. Bush and Powell
8. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, US President
"I have no illusions, we have no illusions about the difficulty of the issues that lie ahead. Yet our nation's resolve is strong. America is committed to ending this conflict and beginning an era of peace."
9. Push in view of Bush speaking
10. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, US President
"The future itself is dying. The future of the Palestinian people and the future of the Israeli people. We mourn the dead and we mourn the damage done to hope of peace."
11. Close-up of Bush speaking
12. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, US President
"The situation that he finds himself is in today is largely of his own making. He has missed his opportunities and thereby betrayed the hopes of the people he is supposed to lead. Given his failure, the Israeli government feels it must strike at terrorist networks that are killing its citizens. Yet Israel must understand that its response to these recent attacks is only a temporary measure."
13. Wide view of Bush at podium
14. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, US President
"Yet to lay the foundations of future peace, I ask Israel to halt incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas and begin the withdrawal from those cities it has recently occupied. I speak as a committed friend of Israel. I speak out of a concern for its long term security, the security that will come with a genuine peace."
15. Pan view as Bush walks away (Reporters asking him why now?)
STORYLINE:
In a new push for peace, United States President George Bush urged Israel on Thursday to end its military offensive against Palestinians and called on Arab nations to do more to crack down on terrorists.
He ordered Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region to carry the new message.
Bush told reporters that the storms of violence could not go on and that enough was enough.
The US president has faced mounting criticism with each new suicide bombing against Israelis and military response from Israel.
He has been accused of doing too much and, by other critics, not enough.
Thursday's speech was designed to prod both Israel and Palestinians to take tough steps toward peace.
To Israel, Bush called for a halt to incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas.
Senior advisors, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Bush believed the assaults could eventually undermine Israel's security by inciting more violence and even spread the conflict beyond the Israel-Palestinian borders.
He said he was speaking as a committed friend of Israel, out of concern for its long-term security.
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