President Bush arrived in Jerusalem, where he is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and President Shimon Perez, in an attempt to move forward on an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Bush backed his assessment that the two sides could find a formalized peace by the time he leaves office in January – critics say that scenario is highly unlikely. This week marks the 60th year of the Nakbah, which means the Catastrophe in Arabic, when more than 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed by Israeli forces. One of those villages was al-Wallajeh. Originally located near Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the community was forced to relocate to the West Bank. FSRN's Ghassan Banoura reports how the plight of one Palestinian community reflects the disasters of 1948.

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