Addressing the Israeli parliament Thursday, President Bush said there are some who seem to believe the United States should negotiate with terrorists.

Mr. Bush said that approach must be called what it is - the false comfort of appeasement, which he said has been repeatedly discredited by history.

Barack Obama during campaign speech in Warren, Michigan, 14 May 2008

The remark appeared to imply that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama would appease terrorist regimes and dictators. 

After Mr. Bush's speech, Obama, in a statement, accused the president of launching what he called a "false political attack" against him.

Obama said Mr. Bush knows that he has never supported engagement with terrorists. 

Obama has said if elected president he would be willing to meet with leaders of Iran as well as other countries at odds with the United States, such as Syria, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba.  He has said refusing to meet with those leaders does not help solve diplomatic problems.