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Director Eitan Campbell describes the water system of Masada to President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert, Thursday, May 15, 2008, as they tour the historic fortress built by King Herod of Judea, who ruled from 37 BC to 4 BC and chose the site as a refuge against his enemies and as a winter palace.
Director Eitan Campbell describes the water system of Masada to President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert, Thursday, May 15, 2008, as they tour the historic fortress built by King Herod of Judea, who ruled from 37 BC to 4 BC and chose the site as a refuge against his enemies and as a winter palace.
Mrs. Laura Bush shares a moment with a kindergarten student Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at the Hand in Hand School for Jewish-Arab Education in Jerusalem. Mrs. Bush took the opportunity to visit the school with Mrs. Aliza Olmert, right, spouse of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Mrs. Laura Bush looks on as second- and fifth-graders perform a Jewish and Arabic Dance at the Hand in Hand School for Jewish-Arab Education in Jerusalem. Founded in 1997, the Hand in Hand Center runs a network of four bilingual schools in Israel.
Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert, spouse of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, listen to Mr. Mordechi Eliav, the Founder and Director of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, during their visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert participate in a tour of the Western Wall Tunnels Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in Jerusalem.
Listening to Mr. Mordechi Eliav as he describes the ongoing construction project that is the Western Wall Tunnels, Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert, spouse of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, participate in a tour of the Jerusalem site. Mr. Mordechi Eliav leads Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert on a visit of the Western Wall in Jerusalem Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Listening to Mr. Mordechi Eliav as he describes the ongoing construction project that is the Western Wall Tunnels, Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert, spouse of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, participate in a tour of the Jerusalem site. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush are applauded as they attend the Israeli Presidential Conference 2008 at the Jerusalem International Center in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 14, 2008, during a celebration in honor of the nation's 60th anniversary. From left are U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Mrs. Aliza Olmert, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and Israeli President Shimon Peres.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush are seen with Israeli leaders Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Israeli President Shimon Peres during the playing of the National Anthem Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Jerusalem, during a celebration of Israel's 60th anniversary as a nation at the Israeli Presidential Conference 2008 at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, share a moment as they stop during their tour of Masada with Mrs. Laura Bush to learn about the historic fortress's water system.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and his spouse, Mrs. Aliza Olmert, listen to an overview of Masada National Park before their tour Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Masada, Israel. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with Mrs. Aliza Olmert, spouse of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, as they listen to Eitan Campbell, Director of the Masada National Park, during a visit to the historic site Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Masada, Israel.
Director Eitan Campbell describes the water system of Masada to President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert, Thursday, May 15, 2008, as they tour the historic fortress built by King Herod of Judea, who ruled from 37 BC to 4 BC and chose the site as a refuge against his enemies and as a winter palace. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Mrs. Aliza Olmert tour the storerooms complex at Masada during their visit Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Masada, Israel. The storerooms complex is a concentration of 29 long rooms surrounded by corridors that was built by King Herod of Judea to hold food, liquids and weapons in the palatial fortress.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Aliza Olmert listen as President George W. Bush talks about the water system at Masada, the historic fortress built by King Herod of Judea. The couple's toured the National Park Thursday, May 15, 2008, during the visit to Israel by President and Mrs. Bush to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the country's independence.

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