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May 15, 2008

President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chat during a tour to the ancient hilltop fortress of Masada in the Judean Desert, southern Israel. The Masada fortress became a symbol of Jewish heroism after dozens of Jews there chose to kill themselves rather than surrender to the Romans in AD 70.

President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chat during a tour to the ancient hilltop fortress of Masada in the Judean Desert, southern Israel. The Masada fortress became a symbol of Jewish heroism after dozens of Jews there chose to kill themselves rather than surrender to the Romans in AD 70.

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