U.S. President George Bush has solidified America's support to Israel's "right to defend it from extremists and killers pledged to its destruction" during his address to the Israeli parliament to mark the 60th anniversary of the nation's founding, which was marked by Palestinians as a day of "catastrophe."
In an apparent reference to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's talks with leaders of Hamas during his recent trip to the Middle East, Bush compared calls to talk with unnamed terrorist groups as a "foolish delusion" that was suggested before World War II.
In a speech that stressed the United States' unbreakable bond with Israel, Bush criticized the deadly tactics of extremist groups and denounced anti-Semitism, especially by those who want to "wipe the nation off the map."
Bush rejected suggestions that United States break ties with Israel to resolve the Middle East problems as a "tired argument that buys into the propaganda of the enemies of peace."
"Israel's population may be just over 7 million. But when you confront terror and evil, you are 307 million strong, because the United States of America stands with you," Bush said, in his first ever address to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
Terming Iran as "world's leading sponsor of terror," Bush called upon the world not to allow it to have a nuclear weapon.
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