Cheney: US won't pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday that Washington would never pressure Israel to take steps that would endanger its survival, and hoped to see a "new beginning" for the Palestinian people in their own state.
"America's commitment to Israel's security is enduring and unshakable," Cheney told reporters shortly after arriving in Jerusalem for a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
"The United States will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security," he said.
Cheney will be meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the next two days to try to coax them to follow through on promises to forge a peace deal by the end of the year.
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