How Did George W. Bush End Tension With Israel?

When George W. Bush became president his policy towards Israel brought forth the idea of Palestine becoming a state on its own. President George W. Bush believed that this policy would bring the end to the fighting and ongoing and never ending tension between Israel and Palestine. He did however understand that if we as a country could not find a solution to bring peace to those that Israel has tension with. That Israel would once again take matters into their own hands and do everything in their power, since they receive aid from the United States, to put an end to their enemies if confronted. When Israel started there settlements the United States realized that it would bring more problems than solutions. This opposition to halt the settlement development began with …show more content…
Bush put an end to this or so he thought when it threatened to take away the financial support the Israel depended on. This just backfired because Israel just spent a cooling off period to make the president of that era think they were stopping. Then Israel would start with the settlements again until the new president realized what was occurring. Since threatening to take aid away is something that Israel knows the United States will not do. Seeing as all of the presidents who made the threats ended up not following through with them (On the Issues “George W. Bush”, 2015). Then in 2003 President George W. Bush went back on his policy of peacemaking. He instead took the blame off of Israel and said that it was because of Palestine that the issues and tension still exist. That the issues came from Palestine having corrupted and evil leaders and that the people are wrong for listening to them and following their lead. Then he stated that the lines drawn in 1949 were unrealistic to the mission of Israel and that they did not need to return the land to Palestine. That the land in the West Bank. Now belonged to Israel and that Palestine needed to realize that (Reuter,