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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. By PATRICK E. TYLER April 27, 2002 HOUSTON, April 26 - Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia presented an eight-point proposal to President Bush on Thursday calling for an end to the Israeli military action in the West Bank and the opening of an American-led peace initiative in the Middle East supported by international peacekeepers, American and Saudi officials said today. Speaking to reporters at Mr. Bush's Crawford, Tex., ranch, the White House spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said the Bush administration welcomed the Saudi proposals as "constructive" and said that extensive discussions between senior White House and Saudi officials were under way on how to respond. The Saudi proposal, presented during Abdullah's meeting with Mr. Bush on Thursday, calls for an American-led effort to provide aid and help with reconstruction to Palestinians. The Saudis view a commitment of American aid to the Palestinians as a way of restoring trust with the Arab world and demonstrating American commitment to a balanced peace strategy, one that shows "solidarity" with Palestinians as well as Israelis. The Bush administration has endorsed aid to Palestinians and reconstruction efforts, although progress has been stymied by violence. The Saudi plan also calls for a renunciation of violence by both sides, as well as an end to construction of Israeli settlements on lands that would be part of a new Palestinian state should Israel accept the peace initiative offered in Beirut in March by Arab leaders. That initiative, proposed by the Saudi crown prince, offers Arab recognition of Israel and normalization of relations in return for Israel's withdrawal to the borders that existed before the 1967 war. END Four Israelis were killed with fourteen wounded in a Palestian raid earlier today. It is going to take a multinational peace keeping team to come in and take control and that is exactly what will happen. The U.S. and E.U. will probably work together in making this happen. They will probably commit troops and aid (to sweeten the pot for both Israel and Palestine) through the U.N. Both sides are in economic shambles and this would be a very good starting point. I have to say that I do see the U.S., U.N. and E.U. getting more involved in making peace a reality. As Israel's economy continues to suffer and attacks increase from the Palestinian's, I see Israel coming to an agreement of which the U.S. will play a prominent role. But it will be the E.U. that will come up with the final draft of the plan. Pastor Malone