[FOX News] President George W. Bush hosted a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Monday. Hanukkah commemorates the Jews' successful rebellion against suppression of their religion under the Syrian-Greek empire in 165 BCE. Bush compared the Maccabees' victory with the founding of the State of Israel, which he called "another miraculous victory."
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