President Bush urged supporters of Israel to heed his call for the democratization of the Middle East. “If you’re a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies,” Bush said at a speech Monday at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. “Israel’s long-term survival depends upon the spread of democracy in the Middle East.”
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