Rep. Richard Armey (Majority Leader, R.-Tex), speaking with Chris Matthews on MSNBC: \"I am content with Israel keeping all the land it occupies now.\" When Matthews asked if he means to say that \"all the Palestinians who are now in the West Bank should get out of there? Is that correct?,\" Armey responded, \"Yes.\" He explained that there was plenty of room for the PA population in other Arab countries.
House Majority Whip Tom DeLay suggested earlier this week that Israel should not withdraw from territory it captured in the 1967 war, despite the Bush administration\'s call for an independent Palestinian state. He also equated Israel\'s struggle against the Palestinians with the U.S. war on terrorism, and pointedly did not use the phrase \"West Bank\" but said rather \"Judea and Samaria.\"
House Majority Whip Tom DeLay suggested earlier this week that Israel should not withdraw from territory it captured in the 1967 war, despite the Bush administration\'s call for an independent Palestinian state. He also equated Israel\'s struggle against the Palestinians with the U.S. war on terrorism, and pointedly did not use the phrase \"West Bank\" but said rather \"Judea and Samaria.\"