George Bush - the Original Zionist

George Bush - no not that one - the other one - no not that one either - was perhaps the original Zionist. The George Bush I'm talking about was born in 1796 and was the first cousin of George W. Bush's great- great- great- grandfather.

This George Bush was also perhaps the first person to advocate a new state for Jews in Palestine. Bush's 1844 work, The Valley of Vision or The Dry Bones of Israel Revived called for a new state of Israel. I guess you could say that support for the state of Israel runs in the blood of the Bush family.