U.S. first lady Laura Bush praised an Israeli town for its religious coexistence. “In this Arab town, Christians, Arabs and Jews live here in peace,” Bush told reporters Monday while visiting Abu Ghosh on the last leg of a visit to Israel. “I think Abu Ghosh can show us what people can do to live together in peace.”
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