President Bush In Israel Today

"We see a new opportunity for peace here in the holy land and for freedom across the region," an optimistic Bush said upon landing in Tel Aviv.

One of the things I did the last time I was in Israel was to ask every single military personnel their opinion of then attempts for peace. None of them agreed with it.

President Bush is attempting to do what so many presidents have tried to do before: bring peace to a land. But this is not just any land. The roots of this struggle are a family feud and one that is 5,000 years old. There is also the issue of Divine Mandate on the land. The promise of this land to children of Israel is in the Old Testament.

Wisdom often is found on the lips of children. On my first visit to Israel, I told a boy named Elijah in the city of Bethlehem that we were praying for peace in his land. He said, "Ah sir, there will not be any peace until He comes." He had a finger pointed to heaven. Elijah understood.