Bush Visits Israel to Promote Mideast Peace
TEL AVIV, Jan.9–President Bush on Wednesday launched his first visit to Israel since becoming president, exchanging warm words of support with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and others as he began a final push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before leaving office next year.
Olmert told Bush the “bond between the state of Israel and United States of America is unshakeable,” and described Bush “as our strongest and most trusted ally in the battle against terrorism.” Israeli President Shimon Peres said, “We greet you as a great friend.”
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