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Israel's 60th Independence Day

Bush: Masada 'Shall Never Fall Again'

President Bush, warning against the "foolish delusion" of negotiating with terrorists and dictators, has set off a foreign policy debate that is likely to color the rest of the presidential race. Although White House officials denied that Mr. Bush had Senator Obama in mind when he quoted a...

White House Notebook: Bush a bit wary of drinking the water

JERUSALEM – On a sun-baked tour Thursday of an ancient Israeli fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took a sip of water from a silver cup, then handed it to President Bush. Not wanting to offend his Israeli host, Bush gave Olmert a big hug for the cameras. The...

Palestinians mourn their 'catastrophe'

Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their displacement today. The annual ritual turned even darker this year because of crippling internal divisions, diminishing hopes for independence and the stark contrast to Israel's all-out birthday bash. The memorial coincided with a high-profile...

Bush asserts an 'unbreakable' bond links US and Israel

By: Jennifer Loven, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM - President George W. Bush denounced anti-Semitism today in a speech to the Israeli parliament, taking issue especially with those who want to wipe the Jewish state off the map. As such, he says Americans condemn anti-Semitism in all forms,...

Bush envisions a democratic Middle East free of oppression

President Bush feted Israel on Thursday in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighborhood free of today's oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements.

U.S.-Israel bond unbreakable, Bush says

Jennifer Loven THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM – President George W. Bush denounced anti-Semitism today in a speech to the Israeli parliament, taking issue especially with those who want to wipe the Jewish state off the map. As such, he says Americans condemn anti-Semitism in all forms, ``whether...

Israel's secret fears

The nation that sees itself as the most misunderstood in the world celebrates its 60th birthday with deep apprehension about the future. Haim Baram finds anger and defensiveness among its politicians A deeply hidden diplomatic relationship between Israel and Jordan underpins the history of the...

Rethinking Israel after Sixty Years

By Jeff Halper Israeli Independence Day 2008, marking the sixtieth anniversary of the rise of the Jewish State on the ruins of Palestinian society, should be cause more for sober reflection and reevaluation than for celebration. True, Israeli Jews have much to celebrate Only a few weeks ago the...

Fayyad attacks Israel for celebrating 60th anniversary while Palestinians "suffer"

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says Israel shouldn't celebrate its 60th anniversary while "Palestinians are suffering." The usually mild-mannered Palestinian moderate said the festivities were out of place as long as the Jewish state maintains soldiers and settlements in the West Bank....

Minister Ruhama Avraham-Balila buys villa in moshav

Very few of the moshav's residents still work in agriculture. Ariel Rosenberg 13 May 08 15:24 Minister without Portfolio Ruhama Avraham-Balila, who is in charge of Israel's 60th Independence Day celebrations, is marking a celebration of her own: she bought a house in Moshav Yad Rambam on the...