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Originally Posted by chrisbb
i have not heard one word recently from Israel about Iran. why is it that people in this day and age still hate and fear Jews so much?
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January 10th
ISRAELI security forces shut down Palestinian movement in the occupied territories and sealed off much of central Jerusalem yesterday in a massive security operation for George Bush's first presidential visit to the Holy Land.
Mr Bush arrived at Ben Gurion airport last night to promote the flagging Israeli-Palestinian peace process and — at least as important for the US and Israeli leaderships — to seek new ways of containing the growing assertiveness of Iran.
Israeli President Shimon Peres wasted no time in raising the subject, using his welcoming address at the steps of the aircraft to warn that "Iran should not underestimate our resolve for self-defence".
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Mr Bush's understanding of the need to fight "evil and terror" had won him the love of "all the citizens of Israel".
Mr Bush said Israel and the US were strong allies with "a shared belief in the power of human freedom".(Except in Palestine obviously^^^, the Golan Heights, and the Gaza Strip
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