Jerusalem Being Refreshed For Bush Visit

(IsraelNN.com) The City of Jerusalem is undergoing a NIS 9 million
overhaul for US President George W. Bush's visit next month.
Jerusalem's central streets, particularly King David where Bush and
his entourage will be headquartered, will be scrubbed, with potholes
being repaired, garbage cans removed, and flowerpots embedded. US and
Israeli flags will also be affixed along the way. The face lift will
focus primarily on the streets on which the president's entourage
will drive, including the road to the Knesset from the King David
Hotel, and the road to the Old City.

Major traffic jams are expected in the area, with security tightened
in an area from the David Citadel Hotel to the Inbal Hotel. Route 1
will also be closed on both sides January 9, as Bush travels from Ben
 

Gurion International Airport to Jerusalem. He will be accompanied by
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres.
 

Rabin Bodyguard to Protect US President Next Month
12 Tevet 5768, 21 December 07 12:05

(IsraelNN.com) Amnon Ben-Ami, a bodyguard who was with the late Prime
Minister Yitzchak Rabin on the night he was assassinated, will direct
operations for U.S. President George W. Bush's protection when he
visits Israel next month, according to a report Thursday in the
Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot.

Ben-Ami met this week at the Prime Minister's Office with a plethora
of agency heads and other relevant officials to discuss the upcoming
visit, slated for January 9. He said 8,000 police officers will be
providing security during the visit along with American secret
service members.