Israeli Minister Natan Sharansky met with U.S. President Bush, at the White House last Thursday to discuss the former Soviet dissident's new book, 'The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror.'
In his book, Sharansky, who was a prisoner of Zion in the Former Soviet Union, lauded Bush's efforts in promoting freedom. "Very few people in the world believe as you do in the idea of democracy for all peoples," Sharansky told the U.S. President. "You are going against the flow. You are the 'dissident' of the world."
Sharansky, who serves in the current government as the Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, made the comments after meeting and discussing his book with President Bush for over an hour. Bush said he had already read 210 of the book's 286 pages.
A few hours before meeting President Bush, Sharansky met with U.S. National Security Adviser Dr. Condoleezza Rice. Rice said that she was also reading the book, after Bush recommended it.
Sharansky said that he was encouraged by the meeting and told the New
Jersey Courier-Post that Bush "is a great friend of Israel, who understands that freedom and democracy can reform the world."
In his book, Sharansky, who was a prisoner of Zion in the Former Soviet Union, lauded Bush's efforts in promoting freedom. "Very few people in the world believe as you do in the idea of democracy for all peoples," Sharansky told the U.S. President. "You are going against the flow. You are the 'dissident' of the world."
Sharansky, who serves in the current government as the Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, made the comments after meeting and discussing his book with President Bush for over an hour. Bush said he had already read 210 of the book's 286 pages.
A few hours before meeting President Bush, Sharansky met with U.S. National Security Adviser Dr. Condoleezza Rice. Rice said that she was also reading the book, after Bush recommended it.
Sharansky said that he was encouraged by the meeting and told the New
Jersey Courier-Post that Bush "is a great friend of Israel, who understands that freedom and democracy can reform the world."