An FBI warning that Al-Qaida might attack Jewish targets with gas trucks inspired widespread concern and heightened security in Jewish communities nationwide this week.
In the weeks before President Bush´s historic address, media fodder and gossip led many in the American Jewish community to worry what was going to be unveiled. Jewish leaders went to work to make sure Bush took their concerns into account.
President Bush’s Middle East speech arguably was the most unabashedly pro-Israel statement ever by an American president — yet it is getting mixed reviews in Israel.