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Laura Bush talks with, from left, Sheila Kurtzer, wife of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer, Gila Katsav, wife of the Israeli president, and Israeli President Moshe Katsav at the president’s residence in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 22, 2005. Laura Bush visits Jerusalem’s Western Wall May 22, 2005 during her five-day trip to the Middle East. Laura Bush tours the Western Wall in Jerusalem with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, administrator of The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, Mosche Katsav, wife of Israeli President Moshe Katsav, center, and Mordechai “Suli” Eliav, manager of The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, May 22, 2005. The wall is a symbol of both Jewish worship and mourning for the Temple Mount, which was ordered constructed by King Herod the Great in 1500 A.D. Laura Bush departs the Western Wall after inserting a prayer in the wall and taking a tour of the model of Mount Moriah Sunday, May 22, 2005.
Laura Bush takes a tour lead by Adnan Husseini inside the Muslim holy shrine the Dome of the Rock in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, May 22, 2005. Laura Bush departs the Dome of the Rock after taking a tour of the shrine in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, May 22, 2005. Laura Bush talks with Palestinian women about women’s rights at the Jericho Intercontinental Hotel in Jericho, Sunday, May 22, 2005. Laura Bush addresses the press during her tour of Hisham’s Palace in Jericho, Sunday, May 22, 2005. Mrs. Bush toured the eighth century Islamic palace and viewed mosaic restoration projects during her visit.
Laura Bush tours the Hall of Names with Gila Katsav, wife of President Moshe Katsav of Israel, left, and General Avner Shalev, chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, right, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 22, 2005. The Hall of Names is a repository of testimony from millions of Holocaust victims and serves as a memorial to those who died. Laura Bush lays a wreath at Yad Vashem’s Hall of Remembrance after touring the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 22, 2005. Benedictine nuns of the Church of the Resurrection at Abu Ghosh sing Psalm 150 in Hebrew during Laura Bush’s tour of monastery in Abu Ghosh Israel, Monday, May 23, 2005. Brother Olivier, prior of the monastery, discusses the historical significance of the Church of the Resurrection at Abu Gosh, during Laura Bush’s visit to the monastery in Israel, May 23, 20005.

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