Rudy Giuliani twice cited Israel in making the case for President Bush at the Republican Party convention. In a major speech Monday night, the former New York City mayor said terrorists were strengthened by the release of Palestinian terrorists involved in murderous attacks at the 1972 Munich Olympics and on the Achille Lauro ocean liner in 1985.
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