Uh? I thought he was going the week before Palm Sunday. Supposed to arrive there Weds. I believe?
Being given the medal of honor....
Barack Obama will receive one of Israel's most prestigious honours during his upcoming visit to the Middle East. On Monday, the office of the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, announced that Obama will be given the presidential medal of distinction in March.
A statement said that the honour recognised Obama's "unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens".
"Obama will be arriving in the region in the spring, and PA media has been speculating that he will visit the site of the mosque."
Being given the medal of honor....
The first thing that came to mind when seeing the headline was that super-spiffy Peres Medal.
Why you may ask? Because he may need it on a visit to Al Aqsa.
Early in young Hussein’s life, and on July 20, 1951, his grandfather King Abdullah was martyred at al-Aqsa mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem). Hussein was there, with his grandfather, as they went regularly to perform Friday prayers. A medal King Abdullah had recently given the young Prince Hussein, and which he wore after his grandfather’s insistence, saved Hussein from the assassin’s bullet.
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/biography.html