May 12 - As President Bush returns to the Middle East the prospects for peace look dim with a scandal looming in Israel and Palestinians split.In November, President Bush set the goal of having a framework agreement in place between Israel and the Palestinians before he leaves office in January. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Prophezine's This Week In Bible Prophecy, May 14th 2008

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Pres. Bush: Olmert is Honest and Abbas is a True Peace Partner

Ahmadinejad Israel is 'dying 'and the Mideast is going to destroy it when given
chance

Latest scandal could topple Olmert

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Hello! I'm Kristin Volk on this Wednesday, the 14 day of May 2008 with a today's news headline.

Senator Hillary Clinton is claiming victory in West Virginia after she crushed her opponent Senator Barack Obama there in yesterday's primary. The New York Senator scored well with blue-collar, working class, white voters -- a segment of the electorate that Obama has had trouble capturing. But Clinton's win may not be enough for her to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama has benefited from a steady stream of superdelegate endorsements since his win in North Carolina last week.

Authorities have arrested a suspect whom they believe is connected to those wildfires in Florida. Officials believe the fires were deliberately set because they say they started within hours of each other in separate locations. Many of the fires been contained, but they've consumed about 10 thousand acres and caused millions of dollars in damage.

President Bush received a warm welcome from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Bush arrived in Israel earlier today with the First Lady to celebrate the country's 60th anniversary and try to advance the Mideast peace process. It's the President's first stop on a five-day trip to the Middle East. He plans to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Egypt on Saturday.

It was a time of reflection and remembrance in the nation's capital last night as hundreds honored fallen law enforcement officers. Family, friends and colleagues gathered at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington to pay tribute to those killed in the line of duty last year. 358 officers from around the country were honored during a candlelight vigil.

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US President George W Bush has arrived in Israel to take part in celebrations for the country's 60th anniversary.

He also hopes to inject some momentum into the current peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Mr Bush said on arrival that Israel and the US shared ties in democracy, trade and in fighting terror and the Israeli people were "our close friends".

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Mr Bush had stood alongside Israel "like nobody else".

Mr Bush has said that he believes a full peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is possible by the time he leaves office, in January next year.

Jerusalem conference

President Bush arrived 60 years to the day after Israel declared independence.

He and First Lady Laura Bush were welcomed at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and President Peres.

We consider the Holy Land a very special place and the Israeli people our close friends


In welcoming Mr Bush, Mr Peres said that in its 60 years Israel had "never postponed democracy for a single day nor lost our desire for peace".

He added: "You stood like nobody else on our side on sunny mornings and in stormy weather."

Mr Bush said both the US and Israel could be proud of their past.

"We consider the Holy Land a very special place and the Israeli people our close friends," he said.

"I look forward to discussing how I believe our two nations can continue to advance our ideals and approach our next 60 years of partnership with confidence and with hope."

Later on Wednesday, Mr Bush will address a 60th anniversary conference in Jerusalem to be attended by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and ex-US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Mr Bush's five-day trip will also include visits to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.


The BBC's Middle East correspondent Tim Franks says there remains deep concern among diplomats that the current peace process is going neither far enough nor fast enough.


Mr Olmert has been weakened by allegations of corruption

In a BBC interview ahead of his trip the US president said the current status quo between the Israelis and Palestinians was unacceptable.

He said he would urge the two sides to reach agreement on a future Palestinian state by the end of the year.

"The vision of a [Palestinian] state is such a powerful notion and such an important notion for Israel's very existence, that I do believe that we have a chance to get something defined," Mr Bush told reporters on the eve of the trip.

But the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, Jonathan Marcus, says that with the Palestinians still politically divided and Mr Olmert weakened by allegations of corruption this is not an auspicious moment for Mr Bush to be trying to make bold steps in the interests of peace.

As Mr Bush arrived, at least four Palestinians were killed in Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian doctors said.