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Rice says U.S. wants end to Palestinian "humiliation"<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday the United States would work hard to create a Palestinian state free of the "daily humiliation" of Israeli occupation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Speaking at a dinner hosted by Palestinian-Americans, Rice said she was committed to the goal of a Palestinian state where the people lived in peace alongside Israel as proposed under the stalled U.S.-sponsored "road map" for Middle East peace.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"The Palestinian people deserve a better life, a life that is rooted in liberty, democracy, uncompromised by violence and terrorism, unburdened by corruption and misrule and forever free of the daily humiliation of occupation," she told a dinner organized by the American Task Force on Palestine.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"I believe there could be no greater legacy for America than to help bring into being a Palestinian state for people who have suffered too long, have been humiliated too long," added Rice, whose government is accused by Arab states of siding with Israel in the conflict.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rice was in Israel and the Palestinian Territories last week, where she met Israeli officials and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in what the Bush administration says is a new drive to revive the moribund Middle East peace process and bring in moderate Arab leaders.<\/p><\/div>\n

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However, the trip did not appear to make much progress in attempts to bolster Abbas, who has failed to pull together a unity government with the militant group Hamas.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The United States has cut off direct aid to the Palestinian Authority since the election of Hamas last January, but has continued limited humanitarian assistance via aid groups.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"Either you are a peaceful political party or a violent terrorist group. You cannot be both," Rice said of Hamas.<\/p><\/div>\n

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She said the Quartet of Middle East peace brokers was holding firm to the principle that Hamas had to meet three obligations — renounce violence, accept Israel's right to exist and recognize previous peace deals, including the U.S.-sponsored road map.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"I know that sometimes, a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel must seen like a very distant dream but I know too … that there are so many things that once seemed impossible that after they happened they simply seemed inevitable," she said.<\/p><\/div>\n

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