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Snuffysmith

May 15 2008, 09:31 PM

Full Text - President Bush Addresses Members of the Knesset

We gather to mark a momentous occasion. Sixty years ago in Tel Aviv, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed Israel's independence, founded on the "natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate." What followed was more than the establishment of a new country. It was the redemption of an ancient promise given to Abraham and Moses and David -- a homeland for the chosen people Eretz Yisrael. Continue

Snuffysmith

May 15 2008, 09:32 PM

Bush: U.S., Israel In Great Ideological Struggle' in Middle East

By Dion Nissenbaum

President Bush celebrated Israel's 60th anniversary on Thursday by hailing the Jewish state as a beacon of democracy and denouncing calls for the United States to talk to Iran and other radical forces in the region as a ''foolish delusion.'' Continue

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