Posts Tagged: George H.W. Bush
Former US National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft Dies at Age 95
Brent Scowcroft, a pragmatic three-star general who served as national security adviser to Republican US Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and later criticized President...
US-Israel Relations Still Hang by a Thread
Sometimes, history’s turning points depend on small things. The 2000 presidential election outcome hinged on the interpretation of “hanging chads” from a small number of...
Israel’s Ex-US Envoy Says Jewish State at ‘Special Time in History’ Due to ‘Very Good Relationship’ With Trump Administration
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Zalman Shoval has lived the Jewish state’s short history as fully as almost any man. Born in Danzig...
President George H. W. Bush: Pro-Israel and a Man of Deeds More than Words
On the surface, the late President George H. W. Bush was an admirable, but not complicated man. Scion of an elite New England family, he...
Bush Hailed at Funeral as US ‘Soldier-Statesman,’ Master of Civility
The late President George H.W. Bush was hailed at his state funeral on Wednesday as a World War Two hero, Cold War veteran and architect of a...
US, Foreign Leaders Attend Bush Funeral, Remember Era of Civility
The funeral of President George H.W. Bush got underway on Wednesday, with US and foreign dignitaries gathered to commemorate the life of a World War Two hero,...
Bush Funeral to Hark Back to ‘Kinder, Gentler’ Era in US Politics
Former President George H.W. Bush's long, full life will be celebrated on Wednesday at a funeral expected to be a remembrance of times past when American...
American Jewish Groups Praise Late President George H.W Bush as ‘True Friend of the Jewish People and the State of Israel’
Leading Jewish groups from across the spectrum paid tribute over the weekend to former president George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at the age of...
Former President George H.W. Bush Dead at 94
Former US President George H.W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War and routed Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army but lost a chance...
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Leading Israeli Politicians Honor George H.W. Bush
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leading Israeli politicians marked the death of former US president George H.W. Bush on Saturday, describing him as...
US Jewish Groups Express Condolences Over Barbara Bush’s Passing
A number of US Jewish groups have expressed their condolences over the Tuesday death of former First Lady Barbara Bush. Bush, the wife of the 41st...
Barbara Bush, Wife and Mother of US Presidents, Dies at 92
Former US First Lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said. She was 92. Bush was...
America’s History of Interfering With Israeli Democracy
With all of the talk about purported Russian interference in America’s elections, it is worthwhile to note that the US has a long-standing history of...
George H. W. Bush, a Friend to an Out of Place Jew
In an interview given to the New York Post, producer Jerry Weintraub revealed that George H. W. Bush was instrumental in helping the Jewish filmmaker...
