Peres speaks at dinner with Bush, Fox at American Jewish Committee

(4 May 2001) 1. WS - banquet room 2. MS - audience 3. WS - Bush shakes hands with other leaders 4. cutaway - audience 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, President - United States: "My administration will be steadfast in supporting Israel against terrorism and violence and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray. The Middle East is the birth place of three great religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Lasting peace in the region must respect the rights of believers in all these faiths. That's common sense." 6. CU - Shimon Peres 7. cutaway - audience 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister: "Only when our Jewish fellow citizens can live in freedom in security in Germany will Hitler's terrible anti-semitism finally be defeated. Only then will we really have made use of our second chance." 9. 2-shot - Vincente Fox and American Jewish Committee Member 10. SOUNDBITE: Shimon Peres, Israeli Foreign Minister: "Bullets will unite Israel more than ever. Bombs will makes us more determined. But neither bullets nor bombs will stops our drive to bring peace to the Middle East to all people." 11. mid view audience applause STORYLINE: American President George W. Bush renewed his support for Israel in an address to the American Jewish Committee Thursday night. Restating a campaign pledge, the president said the security of Israel is the top foreign policy issue of his administration. Speaking before nearly four hundred members of the American Jewish Committee meeting in Washington, Mister Bush was joined by President Vincente Fox from Mexico, Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. Fischer continued to stress the nation to nation ties between Germany and Israel. He said Germany will defeat Hitler's anti-semitism only when Jews can live in Germany without fear of hatred or racism. Earlier in the day, Peres met with Bush at the White House. Both sides characterized the talks as fruitful, however there were no signs of an imminent breakthrough in the peace process. At the dinner, Peres said that Israel was committed to peace, despite the spiral of violence which has seen hundreds killed since that beginning of the Palestinian uprising in October. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...