On August 27, 2001, Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar informed President Bush that the Crown Prince Abdullah was breaking off communication with him, due to Bush’s support of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s policies. “Two days later, August 29 [2001], Bush sent the Crown Prince a two-page letter: …’I firmly believe the Palestinian people have a right to self-determination and to live peacefully and securely in their own state, in their own homeland, just as the Israelis have the right to live peacefully and safely in their own state.’ ”
– Bob Woodward, State of Denial, Page 76