(AP/Washington Post) Israel is giving Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas a week to 10 days to begin dismantling suicide bomber groups. Otherwise, "we will have to go after them" and delay a troop withdrawal from Gaza, said Uzi Landau, minister for strategic U.S.-Israeli relations, in Washington Thursday. President Bush said Wednesday that a cease-fire was not enough. "In order for there to be peace in the Middle East we must see organizations such as Hamas dismantled," Bush said. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer underscored the message on Thursday, telling reporters that Bush "does not want to lose sight of the bigger picture here, because the bigger picture is an end to terror. Terrorists don't deserve a break. They don't deserve breathing space. They deserve to be put out of business. That's how the president sees it."
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