TEL AVIV, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary and try to energise peace talks complicated by a corruption scandal that could topple Israel's prime minister.

Bush, who faces deep scepticism he can secure a deal between Israel and the Palestinians before leaving the White House in January, flew into Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion airport. He then visits Jerusalem, where bribery suspicions against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have clouded the U.S.-backed peace drive.

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