The US aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is anchored about four kilometers off the shore of Haifa. The vessel is simply too large to dock in the Port of Haifa.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara were guests onboard the aircraft carrier. Mr. Netanyahu used the opportunity to address the officers and crew as well as praising the relationship between Israel and the United States.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)