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President Bush on Wednesday meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House. (AP) Last update - 23:11 04/06/2008 Bush to Olmert: 'Existential' Iran threat must be taken seriously By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies Tags: Iran, U.S., Israel, Lebanon U.S. President George W. Bush told visiting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday that Iran was an "existential threat to peace" and said the world must take that threat seriously. "It is very important for the world to take the Iranian threat seriously, which the United States does," Bush said as he began White House talks with Olmert, visiting amid a corruption scandal at home that could drive him from office. Advertisement The Washington talks came a day after Olmert issued his toughest warning yet to Tehran, saying Iran's nuclear program must be stopped by "all possible means." Bush assured Olmert, facing calls for his resignation over a corruption scandal that could disrupt the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, of the U.S. commitment to Israel. Olmert, at Bush's side in the Oval Office, agreed that Iran poses "the main threat to all of us." The prime minister also told the U.S. president that Israel appreciates the comments he made upon his visit to Israel last month, when he participated in celebrations of the country's 60th anniversary. Olmert told his host that Israel esteems his commitment to its security, and friendship toward it. Bush also said the two would discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts launched last November at an international conference in Annapolis, Maryland. Related articles: Israel: Bush means business on Iran nukes Netanyahu: It's 1938 and Iran is Germany; Ahmadinejad is preparing another Holocaust Obama to AIPAC: I'll do everything to prevent Iran from obtaining nukes Bookmark to del.icio.us   A staunch ally Obama to AIPAC: I'll do everything to prevent Iran from obtaining nukes. Pro-Israel Nazis German group condemns anti-Semitism, says Holocaust 'unjustifiable.'   1.   Existential? 21:46  |  Yosef ben Shalom 04/06/08   2.   Bush and the neocons will be history in 8 months 22:20  |  Wendy 04/06/08   3.   Israel should forget Bush... 00:46  |  Silvienne 05/06/08   4.   You comment isn`t funny nor inspired # 1 01:47  |  Fortuna Benmayor 05/06/08   5.   twin evils 02:12  |  gearoid 05/06/08   6.   #2, Wendy... 05:26  |  Silvienne 05/06/08   7.   good bye, mullahs. 21:03  |  frenz 05/06/08

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