That is a positive. Bush is trying to erase American fingerprints from the USA giving Sharon the green light to take out the terrorists.
Last thing we needs is video of pro-Israel American demonstrations broadcast worldwide. A mob attacted our embassy in Bahrain last week. Very unusual for a country on our side (we have a naval base there) and whose air field we need. Pointless to incite even more trouble. We can support Israel without giving our enemies a weapon to use against us.
Giuliani visits Israel, avoids Palestinian areas...
'The New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has visited scenes of suicide bombings in Jerusalem to show solidarity with Israelis but stayed well away from parts of Jerusalem inhabited mainly by Palestinians. Giuliani, who barred Palestinian President Yasser Arafat from a 1995 concert in New York with world leaders, said America felt a great kinship with the people of Israel and that suicide bombings since September 11 brought the two countries even closer.'