Bush refuses to press Israel for truce
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President Bush refused to press Israel for a cease-fire in Mideast violence Friday, risking a wider breach with world leaders at a weekend summit already confronting crises with Iran and North Korea.
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Ignoring the Israeli Nuclear Arsenal, President Bush warned Iran after uranium processing reports (see the Reuters report below). In an amazing consistent policy of serving the interests of Israel, President
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The Bush administration is pushing for approval of a Mideast cease-fire resolution from the U.N. Security Council, but is warning the action is unlikely to put an immediate stop to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.
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Hamas ruled out any truce with Israel  Sunday and repeated its desire to destroy the Jewish state,  rejecting what had appeared to be more conciliatory comments by  one of the Islamic militant group's leaders.
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President George W. Bush, hardening his tone towards Israel on Thursday, urged an end to "the occupation" of the West Bank and pushed for a peace treaty to be signed within a year to create a Palestinian state.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice   headed to Jerusalem on Saturday to discuss ways to end the   18-day-old war in Lebanon as Israel rejected a U.N. plea for a   truce to aid civilians trapped by fighting.
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U.S. President George W. Bush, hardening his tone towards Israel on Thursday, urged an end to "the occupation" of the West Bank and pushed for a peace treaty to be signed within a year to create a Palestinian state.
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President Bush held up Israel as a model for defining success in Iraq, saying Thursday the U.S. goal there is not to eliminate attacks but to enable a democracy that can function despite violence.
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President Bush said Monday any Mideast cease-fire must prevent Hezbollah from strengthening its grip in southern Lebanon, asserting "it's time to address root causes of problems."
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JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 -- President Bush, on the first visit here of his administration, demanded Wednesday that Israelis shut down unauthorized settler outposts on Palestinian territory, called on Palestinian authorities to take steps to halt rocket attacks against Israel and issued a sharp warning t...
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President Bush and other world leaders struggled Sunday to prevent Mideast violence from exploding into a wider war. They urged Israel to show &quot;utmost restraint&quot; and blamed Islamic militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas for igniting the escalating five-day-old crisis.
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JERUSALEM - Syria will have to wait to resume peace negotiations with Israel until after a settlement is reached with the Palestinians, US President George W. Bush said in comments published on Sunday.
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President Bush on Thursday declined to endorse a Republican senator&#39;s call for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign but did not offer Annan any words of support.
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Embarking on his first visit to Jerusalem as president, George W. Bush pressed Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday to seize what he called an historic opportunity and make tough concessions for peace.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel as a state.
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President Bush on Tuesday called on Israel to impose a freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, taking a harder line on settlement growth than Washington has recently.
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US President Bush says he has lost patience with Syria's President Assad, and rules out opening a dialogue with him.