President Bush and Tony Blair also rejected changing their approach on the Israel-Palestine conflict. The U.S. and Britain have led an international aid freeze on the Palestinian government. Blair insisted they were committed to bringing a lasting peace.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair: “It is important that we do everything we can in the wider Middle East to bring about peace between Israel and the Palestinians. This is something that I know you feel deeply and passionately about; you are the first president who committed yourself to the two-state solution. And I believe that by moving this forward, we send a very strong signal not just to the region, but to the whole of the world that we are evenhanded and just in the application of our values, that we want to see an Israel confident of its security and a Palestinian people able to live in peace and justice and democracy.”