Bush Counsels Patience on Mideast in Chanukah Meeting with the Jews
President George W. Bush at the White House Hanukkah celebration, Dec. 4, 2002. (Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may have set a six-month ultimatum for the Palestinians — offering them partnership or pullout — but President Bush is counseling patience and adherence to existing peace initiatives.
Bush met with Jewish lay and communal leaders at the White House on Monday for the traditional annual Chanukah celebration.
Participants said the meeting was warm and friendly, with the Jewish leaders congratulating the president on his recent foreign policy successes, including the capture of Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein and Libya’s pledge to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.