Bush urges end to Israeli occupation of West Bank

He also pushed for a peace treaty to be signed within a year to create a Palestinian state.

Bush's language could cause political pain to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Earlier Bush met thePalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem.

On his second day of a three-day visit to Israel, Jerusalem, and the Palestinian territories Bush visited the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, also in the West Bank. - By DDNEWS