Majority leader blasts 'road map'
JTA

U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) told members of the Orthodox Union on Wednesday that he opposes an international "road map" for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "The Jewish state has every right to reject proposals that will undercut her fundamental ability to defend herself," DeLay told the O.U.'s Mission to Washington. DeLay said the diplomatic Quartet sponsoring the road map - the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia - consists of "morally ambivalent nations that are more concerned with their popularity among Arab dictatorships than the peace and security of the free world." When asked about the Bush administration's support for the road map, DeLay told JTA that it was "diplomatic mumbo-jumbo that's been going on - I guess making the U.N. and the European Union feel good."

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