George H.W. Bush

Benjamin Netanyahu hated George H.W. Bush’s peace plan. Now it’s his policy.

As deputy foreign minister, Netanyahu was seen as an obstructionist to the Madrid talks — so much so he was banned from the State Department.

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When George H.W. Bush was reluctant to wear a yarmulke

A former aide to the 41st president remembers him as a man of integrity, action — and with an aversion to pandering.

George H.W. Bush, a president with a complicated Jewish legacy, dies at 94

The Bush presidency was marked by tensions both with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and the American Jewish leadership.

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