The George W. Bush Administration

The George W. Bush Administration

• Bush Administration Votes at the UN (2001-2004)
• Bush Uses Waiver to Avoid Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
• Deconstructing George W. Bush`s Middle East Strategy
• Governor George W. Bush On His Trip to Israel (12/3/98)
• Jews in the Bush Administration
• President George W. Bush: A Friend of the American Jewish Community [From the Bush Campaign] [pdf]
• U.S. Presidents With Israeli Prime Ministers
• Waivers for PLO Sanctions

2002

• President’s Statement on Church of the Nativity Standoff (5/10/02)

2003

• Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003

2004

• 2004 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East — George Bush
• Administration Criticizes IDF Operations Against Palestinan Weapons Smuggling Tunnels (5/19/04)
• Administration Welcomes Approval of Sharon Plan (6/6/04)
• Bush Discusses Middle East at Press Conference (12/20/04)
• The Bush Peace Plan (6/24/04)
• Bush Statement On Death of Arafat (11/11/04)
• On Visit to Canada Bush Outlines Views on Peace in Post-Arafat Era (12/1/04)
• President Bush Commends Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's Plan (4/14/04)
• President Bush Declares Jewish Heritage Week (4/24/04)
• President Bush’s Address to the AIPAC Policy Conference (5/18/04)
• President Bush’s Letter to Prime Minister Sharon (4/14/04)
• Prime Minister Sharon’s Letter to President Bush (4/14/04)
• Shalom, Powell Discuss Peace (7/6/04)
• Statement by the President regarding the Peace Process (4/14/04)
• United States, United Kingdom Joint Statement Concerning the Middle East Peace Process (11/12/04)
• U.S.-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Products (10/5/04)
• Weissglas Letter to Rice Confirming U.S.-Israel Understandings (4/18/04)

2005

• Bush Applauds Israeli Disengagement During Radio Address (8/27/05)
• Bush Applauds Israeli Disengagement During Speech to Veterans (8/22/05)
• Bush On Celebrating 350 Years of Jewish Life in America (9/14/05)
• Bush on Palestinian Authority Elections (1/9/05)
• Bush On Settlement Expansion (4/5/05)
• Bush Proclaims Jewish Heritage Week (5/5/05)
• Bush, Sharon Discuss Economy, Middle East (4/11/05)
• Bush Welcomes Palestinian President Abbas to the White House (10/20/05)
• McClellan On Bush-Sharon Meeting (4/11/05)
• President Bush Discusses War on Terror, Hope For Israel-Palestinian Peace (5/8/05)
• President Welcomes Palestinian President Abbas to the White House (5/26/05)
• Scott McClellan On Abbas Visit (5/27/05)
• Sharon Briefs Cabinet on Meeting with Bush (4/17/05)

2006

• Bush Calls For Halt to Payments to Palestinian Authority After Hamas Victory (2/21/06)
• Bush-Olmert Joint Press Conference (5/23/06)
• Bush Statement on Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act (12/21/06)
• President Bush and German Chancellor Merkel Discuss Middle East Crisis (7/13/06)
• President Bush Meets with President Abbas (9/20/06)
• President Bush Remarks on Hamas Election Victory (1/30/06)
• President Bush and Secretary of State Rice Discuss the Middle East Crisis (8/7/06)
• President Bush’s Address to the UN General Assembly (9/19/06)
• President Bush’s Press Conference Regarding Developments in Lebanon (08/21/06)
• President Bush’s Remarks on the Situation in the Middle East (7/30/06)
• Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2006 (12/15/06)
• Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Olmert of Israel (11/13/06)
• Statement by the Group of Eight Leaders Regarding the Situation in the Middle East (7/16/06)
• White House Condemns Hizballah Kidnapping of Israeli Soldiers (7/12/06)

2007

• The Annapolis Conference (11/27/07)
• Joint Statement of the Gulf Cooperation Council (7/31/07)
• President Bush On Maintaining Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge (6/19/07)
• President Bush Meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki (9/25/07)
• President Bush Meets with President Abbas and Backs Creation of Palestinian State (9/24/07)
• President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Olmert (6/19/07)
• President Bush Outlines Vision for Peace in the Middle East (7/16/07)
• President Bush’s Statement on the International Day of Commemoration In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (1/26/07)
• Remarks by President Bush for Jewish American Heritage Month (4/30/07)
• Remarks by President Bush at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (4/18/07)

2008

• Bush Visit to Israel (1/8/08)
• Congressmen sign letter urging President Bush to end Gaza violence (5/14/08)
• Executive Order: Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection with the National Emergency with Respect to Syria (2/13/08)
• Letter from President Bush regarding Middle East Peace Process (1/18/08)
• President Bush Discusses Middle East with Reuters (1/3/08)
• President Bush holds roundtable discussion with Israeli Youth (5/16/08)
• President Bush Honors 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel (5/15/08)
• President Bush signs waiver of law banning PLO presence in Washington, D.C. (2/13/08)
• President Bush’s Statement on the International Day of Commemoration In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (1/27/08)
• Remarks by President Bush & President Abbas in the Oval Office (4/24/08)
• Remarks by President Bush from Jerusalem (5/14/08)
• Remarks by President Bush to the Knesset (5/15/08)
• White House Announces New Liaison to Jewish Community (7/11/08)