David Bedein

Bush: Palestinian State Must Serve As 'Homeland' For Arabs

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tried to persuade U.S. President George Bush that American intelligence agencies are wrong and Iran is still in a race to obtain nuclear weapons.

Bush, Olmert: No Peace With Continued Violence

Preparations for U.S. President George Bush's visit are going into high gear, as Jerusalem police were deployed at one level below war alert starting yesterday morning.

For centuries, millions of Christian pilgrims visited the Holy Land to pray in the holy houses of worship. Palestinian Christians from all denominations who built these churches for centuries had the freedom to worship, without any problems from the nearby Muslims.

In advance of the first visit by President Bush to Israel while in office, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Salai Meridor told the Israeli media that, in his judgment, negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians will touch the most sensitive nerves of both sides.

On the eve of President Bush's visit to Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued an official statement announcing the Palestinian terrorists who murdered two off-duty Israeli soldiers, who were hiking in an Israeli nature reserve last Friday, were actually Palestinian policemen who served directly under Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority.

That vision has turned into a prophecy, explained Shibley Kando, who owns one of the biggest Christian souvenir stores in Bethlehem.

The Israel General Security Service [GSS] 2007 report indicates that the number of terror attacks and the number of Israeli casualties were the lowest since the eruption of the Palestinian rebellion in the year 2000.