"Let us envision the region in another 60 years," suggested US President George W. Bush in his speech to the Knesset Thursday afternoon. "This vision is not going to arrive easily overnight. It will encounter violent resistance," he cautioned.

"The Palestinian people will have the homeland they have long dreamed of and deserved ... Iran and Syria will be peaceful nations... And al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas will be defeated... Overall, the Middle East will be characterized by a new period of integration and tolerance.... This does not mean that Israel and its neighbors will be the best of friends. But when leaders across the region answer to their people, they will focus their energies on schools and jobs, not on rocket attacks and suicide bombings."