Obama: 'It's good to be in Israel again'

US president arrives in Israel on Air Force 1; receives warm welcome from President Peres, PM Netanyahu. Peres: 'Welcome home, Mr. President'; Netanyahu: 'Thank you for standing by Israel'
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I’m so honored to be here as you prepare to celebrate the 65th anniversary of a free and independent State of Israel. Yet I know that in stepping foot on this land, I walk with you on the historic homeland of the Jewish people.

Obama speaks at Ben Gurion Airport (צילום: רויטרס)

More than 3,000 years ago, the Jewish people lived here, tended the land here, prayed to God here. And after centuries of exile and persecution, unparalleled in the history of man, the founding of the Jewish State of Israel was a rebirth, a redemption unlike any in history.

Today, the sons of Abraham and the daughters of Sarah are fulfilling the dream of the ages -- to be "masters of their own fate" in "their own sovereign state." read full article: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4358731,00.html