Jerusalem – President Barack Obama arrived at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday for a ceremony in which President Shimon Peres officially welcomed him to Israel.
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Obama signed Peres’s guest book, after which Israeli children sang him the song ‘Tomorrow’ from the musical Annie.
Obama said the two met at Peres’ presidential home and talked about the Arab Spring, Iran and the peace process.
They opened their meeting with a planting ceremony. Obama brought Peres a magnolia tree from the White House garden.
“This is the work of generations,” Obama said about peace. He framed that quote with a story from the Talmud about Honi and the carob tree. The tree yields carobs 70 years after it’s planted. So what’s the point of planting one, if you may never eat its fruits, Honi asks a man. The man tells him that when he came into the world, his father and grandfathers had planted carob trees for him to enjoy.
The man said he was planting carob trees for his children and grandchildren.
How can he bring a whole tree into the country and I get stopped at Customs with a pack of cigarettes?
To #1 - If you wouldn’t smoke, you wouldn’t get stopped by customs! End of story!
You have to hand it to Obama
I am just constantly impressed by his preparation for this visit. The Republicans really need to headhunt Obama’s PR folks!
Now if only he would fall asleep for 70 years and wake up to see the results of healthcare scam.
I see today is a special day that every topic on Obama in Israel is filled with moronic statements of lowest forms. Life is too good for Jews in America that we forget to appreciate the historic significance that a leader of a Super Power visiting a Jewish State with honest friendly intentions.
you all missed the best part, Obama did not say Choni HaMaagal he called him Ploni as in Ploni Almoni