91. He concluded that the building and expansion of Israeli settlements had worsened the human rights situation in the occupied territories. 92. He accepted his election as a mandate to make peace and one of his first steps was to put a freeze on all new construction in the occupied territories. 93. He said it was likely that Washington realized that trying to achieve anything in the Middle East would be thwarted by the bloodshed in the occupied territories. 94. He said Israel should also announce its readiness to withdraw from the occupied territories and allow the establishment of a Palestinian state. 95. He said serious political leaders had told him it would be impossible to persuade the Israelis to withdraw from all occupied territories, but he disagreed. 96. He had stormed out of the talks on Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories, screaming that Israel was trying to shove an unfair map down his throat. 97. He said the occupied territories should be given back quickly, before resentment could build. 98. Her topic was to be violence against women in occupied territories. 99. Her government refused to stop building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and rejected a peace agreement with Arab states. 100. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government assert that the area is occupied Lebanese territory. |