Bush tells Israel: enough is enough

In a significant shift in tone and emphasis, President Bush said Israel had to end its occupation of Palestinian cities including Ramallah ­ where Yasser Arafat's headquarters is under siege ­ and withdraw to the borders set down in a series of United Nations resolutions.

He also told Israel to stop building Jewish settlements and to make efforts to spare "innocent Palestinians daily humiliation". "The storms of violence cannot go on," he said in the Rose Garden of the White House, hours after speaking to Tony Blair by telephone. "Enough is enough."