    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
    [June 11, 2003]
    [Pages 625-626]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks in Chicago on the Terrorist Bombing in Jerusalem
    June 11, 2003

        Today there was a terrible bombing in Jerusalem. I send my heartfelt
    condolences to those who suffered and lost life.
        It is clear there are people in the Middle East who hate peace.
    There are people who want to kill in order to make sure that the desires
    of Israel to live in secure and peace don't happen, who kill to make
    sure the desires of the Prime Minister of the Palestinian
    Authority ``Abu Mazen'' and others of a
    peaceful state living side by side with Israel do not happen.
        To the people in the world who want to see peace in the Middle East,
    I strongly urge all of you to fight off terror, to cut off money to
    organizations such as Hamas,

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    to isolate those who hate so much that they're willing to kill to stop
    peace from going forward. I strongly condemn the killings, and I urge
    and call upon all of the free world, nations which love peace, to not
    only condemn the killings but to use every ounce of their power to
    prevent them from happening in the future.
        Thank you.

    Note: The President spoke at 11:40 a.m. in Grant Park prior to his
    departure from Chicago. In his remarks, he referred to Prime Minister
    Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) of the Palestinian Authority.