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Your comments and questions are always welcome. To send comments and questions please click here to go to our main page. Thu Apr 4, 6:22 PM ET By MARK LAVIE, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinian leadership accepted "without conditions" a new peace effort by President Bush, in a Cabinet statement issued early Friday. Bush called for Israel to stop its incursions into Palestinian-controlled territory in the West Bank and begin to withdraw its forces. The president restated U.S. demands that Palestinians stop terror attacks and said he would send Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region to try to negotiate an end to the crisis. The statement said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his leadership accept cease-fire proposals put together last year by CIA director George Tenet and a wider plan for restarting peace talks. The statement denounced the Israeli military campaign: "We should not be blamed when we face this aggression against our people, against our towns, our refugee camps, and we have the right to defend ourselves." Though the Palestinian statement said, "From our side we are committed without conditions to the declaration of President Bush," Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said Bush's harsh criticism of Arafat was "unjustified and unacceptable." In a statement at the White House Thursday, Bush said, "The situation in which he (Arafat) finds himself today is largely of his own making," charging that Arafat had missed many opportunities and was not effective in fighting terrorism. END Yasser Arafat should be tried for terrorist/war crimes if the information they uncovered from his compound is correct regarding him financing suicide bombers. I trust that it is. The U.S. better take care of business with Saddam Hussein before they become the next target, if it's not already too late. What do I see for the future with Colon Powell heading to the region? Well, it's hard to say. I'd like to say that I see a ceasefire and a peace plan following fast on its heels. Unfortunately, I still see more suicide bombings in the short run, but I think that eventually that will get old even to the international community. We are in uncharted waters and I really have no idea which direction the world will be heading following these important talks. If the President does not accomplish a ceasefire, this situation could completely get out of control. Stay tuned because these talks will be very important. Pastor Malone