George H. W. Bush

The Cheney era: How the powerful VP shaped US power, its Middle East missteps - analysis

US policy today, including Trump's decision to try end the Gaza war, continues to sit in the shadow of Cheney's role.

Then-US president George W. Bush (L) and then-vice president Dick Cheney (R) celebrate at the conclusion of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, September 2, 2004.
 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump attends a rally .

Donald Trump attempts to distance Israel from the Democratic Party - opinion

 Former US President George W. Bush and Gilad Erdan

Artist depicts George H.W. Bush praying at Western Wall as gift for former president

 Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks by video feed during the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention as participants from across the country are hosted over video links from the originally planned site of the convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US August 18, 2020.

Ex-Sec. of State Colin Powell dies of COVID complications


Washington Watch: Remembering George H.W. Bush

Kemp, a pro-Israel shtarker in Congress, made sure the pro-Israel lobby got what it wanted.

Kemp, a pro-Israel shtarker in Congress, made sure the pro-Israel lobby got what it wanted

December 5, 2018: Appeasement’s price tag

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Letters

Day of mourning for Bush delays White House Hanukkah parties

The two Hanukkah receptions, which had been scheduled for December 5, will now take place on December 6.

Hannukia menorah 370

This week in 60 seconds

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

How Bush’s Mideast plans got overturned by a multi-polar world

He came into office in January 1989, just three months before the Tiananmen Square protests began in China.

Father and son shake hands at the dedication for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas April 25, 2013

Bush’s Israel legacy: A mixed bag of positive steps but little warmth

“George H.W. Bush’s instincts when it came to Israel were very different from those of his predecessor,” he wrote. “Unlike Ronald Reagan, he did not have an emotional attachment to Israel."

Vice President George H.W. Bush gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana in this August 18, 1988 handout photo obtained by Reuters November 30, 2012

PM praises former U.S. president Bush for effort to achieve Mideast peace

41st president dies at 94 - Former envoy to US recalls challenges in relationship with Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aboard the USS George H.W. Bush docked in northern Israel's Haifa Port, July 3, 2017

Patriot and humble servant: Rivals and proteges remember president Bush

“The legacy of George H.W. Bush will be forever etched in the history of America and the world."

US President Barack Obama is introduced to speak by former President George H.W. Bush at the Points of Light forum at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas October 16, 2009

At U.N. and in the White House, Bush's troubled ties with American Jews

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

Israelli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and President Bush speak to the press at Bush's seaside retreat in Kennebunkport, August, 10, 1992

How Bush, a single term president, changed the course of American history

Bush's passing came seven months after the April 17, 2018, death of his wife, Barbara, to whom he was married for 73 years.

Former President George Bush walks the gangway as he arrives for the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop-Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, October 7, 2006