Bush's peace of history..GEORGE Bush is flanked by two Franciscan friars as he stands near the spot where Jesus is believed to have said: "Blessed are the peacemakers This article is about the pacifist organization. For other meanings, see Peacemaker (disambiguation). Peacemakers was an American pacifist organization. ." The US president visited the supposed site of the Sermon on the Mount Sermon on the Mount Biblical collection of religious teachings and ethical sayings attributed to Jesus, as reported in the Gospel of St. Matthew. The sermon was addressed to disciples and a large crowd of listeners to guide them in a life of discipline based on a new law of yesterday. The friars, one reading from the Gospels, then joined him on a short "Christ's footsteps" walk to the Sea of Galilee's shore. Mr Bush said: "It's an amazing experience." Earlier he was visibly moved as he visited the Jewish Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem. When shown 1940s US air pictures of the Auschwitz death camp, a choked Mr Bush was heard to say: "We should have bombed it." CAPTION(S): Pictures: MOSHE MILNER/REUTERS |
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