The same month that the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Israel as 136th (out of 140 countries) in the World Peace Index, President Bush lavished praise on the rogue state in his address to the Knesset. The Gulf news reported that gob-smacked Israeli law makers were pleasantly shocked by the speech which included: “You have forged a free and modern society based on the love of liberty, a passion for justice, and a respect for human dignity” and “You have worked tirelessly for peace”. Overlooking the usurping of land, bombing neighbours, expanding colonies in the West bank, constructing the apartheid wall, demolishing homes, tearing down 100 year old olive trees and keeping the people of Gaza imprisoned and in the dark perhaps Bush was confused with the Economist’s ranking (which measures both domestic peace and how they interact with the outside world) of his own nation in the Peace index at 97th.