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The Presidential Suite at Tel Aviv Hilton hotel. Last update - 16:46 13/05/2008 World leaders and VIPs to occupy one 5-star Jerusalem hotel By TheMarker Tags: Shimon Peres, Israel  U.S. President George W. Bush, former British prime minister Tony Blair and media mogul Rupert Murdoch are among the 13 heads of state, 14 former heads of state and other distinguished guests that have arrived, or will arrive, to attend President Shimon Peres' Presidential Conference in Jerusalem. The conference, which begins Tuesday, is being held in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary. Bush will arrive on Air Force-1 with 15 journalists on Wednesday. On a separate plane, some 100 members of the press will also be arriving. Advertisement Bush and his wife, Laura, will be accommodated at Jerusalem's King David Hotel. Former British Prime Minister and Quartet envoy Tony Blair will be occupying a suite at the Inbal Hotel, as will former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who asked for the penthouse suite. In all, seven suites have been added to the 25 that already existed at the five star hotel. All 250 Inbal Hotel employees will be on call to cater to the distinguished guests, which include former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, who will be arriving with his daughter and is the only Muslim invited to the conference. Other guests at the Inbal Hotel will be former Ukranian President Leonid Kuchma, who asked for special security, Albanian President Bamir Topi and his wife, former Slovenian President Danilo Turk and his wife and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers, who asked for five more rooms for his entourage. Former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer will also be staying at the Inbal Hotel, as will the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who asked for 14 rooms for his entourage. Google founder Sergey Brin and his wife will also be staying at the Inbal, as will media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Tycoon Sheldon Adelson will be staying at the hotel's presidential suite. Details on the Facing Tomorrow Conference are available on Haaretz.com Bookmark to del.icio.us   A few good celebs Some of Hollywood's top guns congratulate Israel in a clip played in Times Square. Chosen, shmosen 'Religion is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions,' wrote Albert Einstein.   1.   Wonderful! 12:54  |  Nechama 13/05/08   2.   P.S to my earlier posting 12:55  |  Nechama 13/05/08   3.   wouldnt be the first time if King David Hotel got bombed 12:58  |  raminPersianPride 13/05/08   4.   Limits to freedom of speech 13:05  |  NP 13/05/08   5.   Small boy not superstar is needed 13:21  |  Shimon Cleopas 13/05/08   6.   Ode To Jerusalem 13:22  |  Shimon Cleopas 13/05/08   7.   And where is our Micheline....?????? 13:28  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/05/08   8.   Reminds me of a scene in Robert Fisk`s book... 13:34  |  Palestinian in UK 13/05/08   9.   Accuracy in Journalism 13:34  |  J. Frank Mortimer 13/05/08   10.   TOO MUCH HOT AIR... AND NO NOISE 13:44  |  TripleJump 13/05/08   11.   King David Hotel 14:10  |  Neil Schwartz 13/05/08   12.   "world leaders" 14:12  |  Nick 13/05/08   13.   Dearest Dino 14:12  |  Micheline 13/05/08   14.   The Swiss heroine fought like a lion for Israel in Teheran 14:42  |  Brothers Martin 13/05/08   15.   # 7. Check with Bern. Guess whose invited. 14:44  |  Stephen. 13/05/08   16.   President`s Conference 14:45  |  Joe 13/05/08   17.   As an Israeli and a Jerusalemite I welcome these visitors to our 14:49  |  Amihai 13/05/08   18.   check your facts! Wahid only Muslim Invited? 14:52  |  Nadav 13/05/08   19.   re: Calmy Rey, to Swiss Dino 14:57  |  Nadav 13/05/08   20.   # 13 Micheline, are you really the "real one"....???? 15:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/05/08   21.   I see no members of the UK`s Royal Family 15:26  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/05/08   22.   The President of Albania 15:27  |  Todd Stevens 13/05/08   23.   Largest collection of oldies ever assembled 15:27  |  Chanalau, Tova 13/05/08   24.   To Indraya 15:41  |  dovale 13/05/08   25.   None of them recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel 15:45  |  Maccabi 13/05/08   26.   Albania President is a muslim 16:12  |  Ali 13/05/08   27.   Your post- Pal. in UK 16:14  |  Abu Yusuf 13/05/08   28.   Chris #21 Partying with Royalty? 16:15  |  FOX 13/05/08   29.   There will always be people like Irena Sendler Heroine 16:25  |  Joseph . E 13/05/08   30.   #14 Nadav - check your facts 16:33  |  Shlomo 13/05/08   31.   #28 Fox 17:12  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/05/08   32.   20linwit. The reason you don`t see members of UK royal families.. 17:28  |  laughing at UK fools 13/05/08   33.   CHRIS LITEWEIGHT #31 17:49  |  FOX 13/05/08   34.   # 24, DOVALE 18:06  |  indrajaya 13/05/08   35.   #33 Fox 18:12  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/05/08   36.   This is the list of world powers attending: 18:22  |  Martin 13/05/08   37.   Paris Hilton Or Tel Aviv Hilton ? 18:25  |  Phil 13/05/08   38.   To Indraaya #34 18:37  |  dovale 13/05/08   39.   # 38, DOVALE 18:58  |  indrajaya 13/05/08   40.   Wahid is NOT the onlyl Muslim invited!! 19:31  |  Tali 13/05/08   41.   Chris Lint-wait #33 scatter-brained 21:48  |  FOX 13/05/08   42.   Israel has managed to attract some of the top movers and shakers 02:47  |  Chanalau,Tova 14/05/08

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