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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

George H.W. Bush

In this May 11, 2008, photo, former US president George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
May 2, 2022, 1:30 pm
Plane gallery dedicated at WWII museum to elder US president Bush
The former aviator, whose bomber was shot down by Japan and who died in 2018, was an early supporter of the New Orleans institution that dedicated a section in his honor last week
By Agencies
Left to Right: Ehud Barak, Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat at Camp David, July 2000. (William J. Clinton Presidential Library/ Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
January 22, 2021, 2:50 pm
Room where it didn’t happen: US mediators reveal failed Israel-PLO peace talks
In ‘The Human Factor,’ key American negotiators answer Israeli director Dror Moreh’s pointed questions about how a peace plan spanning two administrations crashed and burned
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this Nov. 26, 1991, file photo, President George H.W Bush, right, and William Barr wave after Barr was sworn in as the new Attorney General of the United States at a Justice Department ceremony in Washington. (AP/Scott Applewhite,File)
December 7, 2018, 6:01 pm
Trump says he’ll nominate Barr for attorney general, will oversee Russia probe
William Barr served in same position between 1991 and 1993 under Bush, at the same time Robert Mueller oversaw the Justice Department’s criminal division
By AP
The flag-draped casket of former US President George H. W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, on December 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AFP/David J. Phillip/Pool)
December 7, 2018, 6:26 am
George H.W. Bush, 41st president of US, laid to rest after final salute
Thousands gather to pay respects as train carries casket from Houston to private family burial, following week of tearful goodbyes and rare displays of unity
By AFP
Former president George W. Bush touches the casket of his father, former president George H.W. Bush, at the State Funeral at the National Cathedral, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
December 5, 2018, 10:28 pm
George H.W. Bush celebrated with praise, humor in DC farewell; George W. tearful
43rd US president calls his father ‘the brightest of a thousand points of light,’ breaks down during eulogy
By Calvin Woodward, Laurie Kellman and ASHRAF KHALIL
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pay their respects as US president George H. W. Bush lies in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on December 3, 2018. -(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/POOL/AFP)
December 5, 2018, 9:54 am
Netanyahu dispatches Kahlon to Bush funeral service in Washington
Finance minister will join US leaders, foreign dignitaries Wednesday in paying final respects to former US president, who died last week at 94
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, left, confers with Benjamin Netanyahu, a member of the Israel delegation, prior to the start of the opening session of the Mideast peace conference on Oct. 30, 1991 in Madrid. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev opened the conference between Israel and front line Arab States. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin)
December 5, 2018, 1:19 am
Netanyahu hated George H.W. Bush’s peace plan. Now it’s his policy
His opposition to the US-led Madrid peace process as deputy foreign minister made him persona non grata at the State Department
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump salutes alongside first lady Melania Trump in front of the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
December 4, 2018, 9:40 am
At Capitol, Bush saluted as ‘gentle soul, great man’
US President Trump visits the Lincoln Catafalque to pay tribute to the former president, but does not give speech or attend ceremony
By Calvin Woodward, Laurie Kellman and ASHRAF KHALIL
Sully, US president George H.W. Bush's service dog, lies in front of his casket in Houston, December 2, 2018. (Evan Sisley/Office George H.W. Bush via AP)
December 3, 2018, 9:36 pm
Bush’s service dog pictured in moving tribute to late US president
Sully, who helped 94-year-old open doors and pick up items over last 6 months, photographed next to his master’s coffin
By AFP
The flag-draped casket of former US President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to Special Air Mission 41 at Ellington Field during a departure ceremony on December 3, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
December 3, 2018, 9:13 pm
Body of George H.W. Bush flown back to Washington for final salute
Former US president, who died Friday, is sent off from Houston with 21 gun salute ahead of state funeral
By JUAN LOZANO, NOMAAN MERCHANT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
In this December 26, 2008 file photo, US President George W. Bush walks with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
December 3, 2018, 6:57 pm
Like father, like son? Not so much in Bush dynasty
George HW watched prospect of doomsday fade, and limited threat posed by Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, while George W’s presidency was hit early with September 11 attacks
By Calvin Woodward
From left front, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Spanish Premier Felipe Gonzales and US President George H.W. Bush pose in front of delegates at the end of the first session of the Middle East peace conference held in the Palacio Real in Madrid, Spain, on October 30, 1991. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
December 2, 2018, 11:47 am
One little lonely guy, many legacies: 6 things to know for December 2
George H.W. Bush isn’t remembered as a big Israel-lover, but is still recalled for managing to kick off a peace process and helping rescue Jews around the world
By Joshua Davidovich
President Bush gestures during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 1991. The president declared that he would use his veto power if necessary to delay action on Israel's call for $10 billion in loan guarantees to help house Soviet immigrants. (AP/Greg Gibson)
December 2, 2018, 6:50 am
How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship
The 41st president beat AIPAC, but lost 24% of his Jewish backing after confronting Israel over the settlements; it’s a lesson US leaders since have taken to heart
By Eric Cortellessa
US President George H. Bush meets with members of the Palestinian delegation to the Mideast peace talks spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi, left, and Dr. Faisal Husseini, on Friday, Dec. 18, 1992 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Dennis Cook)
December 2, 2018, 12:33 am
Palestinians hail Bush as ‘the only US president to stand up to Israel’
PA leader Abbas sends condolence letter to president George W. Bush, whose late father pushed for major Israeli-Palestinian peace conference
By ToI Staff
Then US vice president George H.W. Bush prays at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Government Press Office)
December 1, 2018, 7:18 pm
Netanyahu on Bush: We’ll always remember his commitment to Israel’s security
PM, president eulogize 41st US president for role in helping liberate Soviet Jewry, ‘efforts to achieve peace’ at Madrid conference, and aid in bringing Ethiopian Jews to Israel
By ToI Staff and JTA
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