Jerusalem Primps, Bracing For Bush Visit

Israel Radio Reports U.S. President's Security Will Cost $25K An Hour While In The Country

(AP)  With hundreds of hotel rooms booked and municipal crews unfolding red, white and blue flags, Jerusalem is getting ready for its highest-profile visitor in years: President Bush.

Jerusalemites are accustomed to waiting in traffic jams as convoys of black sedans shuttle visiting dignitaries around the city, the seat of Israel's government. But Bush, who arrives for three days beginning Wednesday, constitutes a VIP of a different order.

Israel is pulling out all the stops to impress a man who is perhaps its staunchest foreign ally in his first visit as U.S. president.

Jerusalem is spending nearly $400,000 to spruce itself up for the visit, said Jacob Avishar, the city official in charge of coordinating preparations. Garbage teams are in furious race to clean the city's often dusty streets and walls tagged with spray paint, he said.

More than 10,500 policemen and security personnel will be deployed to protect Bush and keep order during the visit - more than one-third of Israel's entire police force, according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.

"There will be so much security nobody will be able to get anywhere near the president," Rosenfeld said.

The security personnel will include snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs and bodyguards from the Shin Bet internal security service, including reservists called up especially for the visit, according to police officials. The operation, dubbed "Clear Skies," will cost Israel $25,000 for every hour Bush is in the country, Israel Radio reported.

Flights in and out of Israel's only international airport, Ben Gurion, will be suspended around the time Bush lands. From the airport, Bush will fly by helicopter to Jerusalem.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to divulge details of the preparations.

The choppers will be flown in from the U.S. on Air Force cargo planes, along with armored limousines - complete with District of Columbia license plates - vans filled with high-tech communications gear and other vehicles for a heavily-armed counterassault team.

Bush will be staying in a suite at the King David hotel that costs $2,600 a night - for guests who are not president of the United States. Assistant General Manager Benny Olearchik would not disclose how much the Americans are paying to stay at his hotel, one of Israel's most expensive.

Bush's entourage already has taken up more than two-thirds of its 237 rooms, and will take over all of them once he arrives himself, Olearchik said. Unlucky guests who happened to plan their visits at the wrong time had their reservations canceled.

The King David, which opened in the 1930s, is best known for getting blown up by Jewish terrorists in 1946. Members of the hardline Irgun group, opposed to British rule over what was then known as Palestine, disguised their explosives in milk jugs and destroyed a wing housing British offices, killing 91 people.

Israeli officialdom is eagerly anticipating the arrival of Bush, whom Israel sees as one of the most supportive Americans ever to have served in the White House.

"It's not every day that a president comes here," Israel's deputy premier, Haim Ramon, told Army Radio this week.

Not every Israeli will welcome him with open arms.

Supporters of convicted Pentagon spy Jonathan Pollard have rented space on the sides of Jerusalem city buses to place posters of Bush flanked by Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Gaza Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The posters compare the imprisoned Pollard to three Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah and Hamas and call for the immediate release of all four.

Pollard, a civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, transferred military secrets to Israel while working at the Pentagon. He was arrested in 1985 and pleaded guilty at his trial. He is serving a life sentence in a U.S. federal prison.

There is little chance Bush will see the posters, as local traffic will be diverted away from routes used by his motorcade.

On the other side of the political spectrum, a left-wing Israeli Arab party plans to demonstrate opposite the city's U.S. Consulate at the start of Bush's visit to protest his policy toward Iran, Jerusalem police said.

Eli Ben-David, 48, who has run an antique shop opposite the King David for 28 years, said three days of Bush mean blocked roads and bad business. No tourists will be staying at the hotel and the street will be largely shut, meaning that nearly no one will be able to reach his store.

"Every time one of these big guys come, we don't sell anything," Ben-David sighed. "It's probably better just to close up shop and wait for it to pass."

[quetzal666]

i wonder if hes bringing along some Vaseline,
itll make it easier for him to sell out this country to jewish interests in the Bathroom stalls....

[samsel3]

In the Daily telegraph, July 22, 2006 Condoleeza Rice stated her main objective in the middle east was not to push a ceasefire in Lebanon, but to cause an isolation of Syria and Iran. The strategic objective is all tied to oil and oil pipelines.
The Israel Turkey pipeline has been in the works for some time now. In April of 2006 Israel & Turkey made their announcement which included four pipelines which will bypass Syria & Lebanon. The source of the oil is the BTC pipeline from the Caspian Sea Region. Shareholders in the BTC pipeline are: British Petroleum, AzBTC, Chevron, Statoil, TPAO, ENI, Total, Itochu, INPEX, ConocoPhillips & Amerada Hess. Another very important factor on the war with Lebanon is that Israel will have a strategic role in protecting the pipeline and transportation corridor out of Ceyhan Turkey. The strategy will weaken Russian oil''s role in central asia and also isolate Iran.

[j-whitman]

MyIDonCBS,,,, You know what''s ironic about it ??? --- It''s our money

[myidoncbs]

"Jerusalem is spending nearly $400,000 to spruce itself up for [Bush''s] visit."

That''s what I''d call throwing pearls before swine!

[sharncedar]

When you see the abomination standing in the holy place, run for the hills, Israelis, your time is at hand.

The abomination is coming to visit, a bad sign for the Israeli population.

[prinzowhales]

samsel3--Thankyou for the informative response...My question was more or less rhetorical...but, I did not know that they were PNAC''ers and NPC''ers...just thought of the banking connections...just one more reason to keep my satellite TV off until DISH and DIRECT get the message and make the fascist TV of the FOXCNNABCCBSNBC nettwork optional so I need never see a single cent of my money going to these swine indirectly through a satellite or cable provider.

[cdfoxtrot]

Interesting that the moron-in-chief will be staying at the King David hotel, given his "anti-terror" obsession. Isn''t that where Israeli terrorists (who later went on to become the leaders of the Jewish state) murdered British subjects, on their quest for their own independent country? No doubt Bush will be totally oblivious to that, when he wines and dines with the descendants of the original terrorists.

[j-whitman]

Jerusalem Primps for Bush, while Bush Pimps Jersusalem

[cantshutup]

what bunker will that scoundrel cheney be cowering in??? please take ol'' dikee with you lil shrub cuz i''m hopin you both check out together!!!

[timothyone-2009]

The King David, which opened in the 1930s, is best known for getting blown up by Jewish terrorists in 1946. Members of the hardline Irgun group, opposed to British rule over what was then known as Palestine, disguised their explosives in milk jugs and destroyed a wing housing British offices, killing 91 people.

Was it necessary to add that bit of truthful history to this story? What about the myth that it''s always been the horrible Palestinians who are the terrorists? Haven''t you folks been reading your own propaganda? And haven''t you seen how much things have improved since Satan Arafat died? BBC is slipping!

[samsel3]

Posted by Prinzowhales at 12:56 PM : Jan 07, 2008
Why won''t the War Pig press at CBSNBCABCPBSCNNFOX cover this story? The answer to your question is: All major corporate news networks are owned by members and associates of the NPC (National Policy Council) and the PNAC (Project for a New American Century) both are private organizations Who''''s objectives include total global business control without government interference. Their employees were instructed not to draw any links between BIG OIL and the middleast wars. NBC news anchor got the message when he was sent U.S.Army military grade Anthrax. After the Iraq invasion the administration declared oil & energy policy off limits, cloaking it under the veil of National Security so that even the Congress can''t make public comment. They are not able to show any connection or they could be sanctioned under House Rules.

[walt1944-2009]

It is rumored that the real reason for the Great Emperor Bush II''s visit to Isreal is to mount an expedition around the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to find the lost Ark of the Covenant and the Treasure of Solomon.

Having seen the 1981 Steven Speilberg Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and believing that the Ark has unspeakable power, the Emperor is hopeful that he will find the Ark and therefore, solve all his problems with it by blowing anyone who opposes him off the face of the planet, starting with the Iranians.

Obtaining such power would be a huge step toward the Emperor taking the title of The Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler of the Universe!!!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!

[beg88]

What is he thinking? The total cost of his visit could pay for another day of war!!!!

[prinzowhales]

Here is a link to Sibel Edmonds website where she has posted pictures without comment--she can''t say anything because she is under a state''s secrets ban on speaking by the Regime''s pig-in-a-black-blanket judiciary:

http://www.justacitizen.com/images/Gallery%20Draft2%20for%20Web.htm

The names of these suspected and known traitors has are here with the pictures:

http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com/2008/01/sibel-names-names-in-pictures.html

Why won''t the War Pig press at CBSNBCABCPBSCNNFOX cover this story? The SUNDAY TIMES is...HA''ARETZ is...The mainstream American media...keeping Americans fat, dumb and dumber...

Its time to take out the garbage in America--and the garbage pictured here already smells to high heaven... Look at the first porker named--Richard Pearle, a Neo-scum pig at the heart of America''s military industrial complex! He was on the board with Conrad...oh, exucuse me, that''s ''LORD'' Conrad Black the Zio-Nazi press lord who was convicted for pilfering Hollinger Corporation. He was a spy on Senator Scoop Jackson''s gravy train....

[neoconrcrazy]

The King David, which opened in the 1930s, is best known for getting blown up by Jewish terrorists in 1946."

The King David, which opened in the 1930s, is best known for getting blown up by Jewish terrorists in 1946."

The King David, which opened in the 1930s, is best known for getting blown up by Jewish terrorists in 1946."


Who were the ME''s first terrorists? Murdering scores of innocent british men and women ?

[j-whitman]

earth561,,,, I suppose you studied history at what ?? Oral Roberts U. or Trinify College ?? ---- Creationist History 101 ????

[prinzowhales]

As our War Pig in Chief goes to Israel, Mossad agent Adam Pearlman pops up in his al Qaeda guise to promote Bush and Olmert''s faux-war on terrorism

http://www.infowars.com/articles/terror/gadahn_double_agent_threatens_bush_neocon_stunt.htm

This is part and parcel of the Regime''s criminal attempt to promote its wars for Oil, Israel and Opium.

Troops Home Now! End Aid to Israel! The borders are open! The enemy is in Washington!

[earth561]

The King David, which opened in the 1930s, is best known for getting blown up by Jewish terrorists in 1946."

I just love the repetetive mention of this incident by you mini-historians. It was the 1930s as the Brits backtracked and then had the White Papers

[samsel3]

In the Daily telegraph, July 22, 2006 Condoleeza Rice stated her main objective in the middle east was not to push a ceasefire in Lebanon, but to cause an isolation of Syria and Iran. The strategic objective is all tied to oil and oil pipelines.
The Israel Turkey pipeline has been in the works for some time now. In April of 2006 Israel & Turkey made their announcement which included four pipelines which will bypass Syria & Lebanon. The source of the oil is the BTC pipeline from the Caspian Sea Region. Shareholders in the BTC pipeline are: British Petroleum, AzBTC, Chevron, Statoil, TPAO, ENI, Total, Itochu, INPEX, ConocoPhillips & Amerada Hess. Another very important factor on the war with Lebanon is that Israel will have a strategic role in protecting the pipeline and transportation corridor out of Ceyhan Turkey. The strategy will weaken Russian oil''s role in central asia and also isolate Iran.

[samsel3]

Another very important factor on the war with Lebanon is that Israel will have a strategic role in protecting the pipeline and transportation corridor out of Ceyhan Turkey.