In a conference call, Obama’s campaign just announced that the Democratic nominee will be in Israel on Wednesday, where he will meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. He’ll also be meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. (Click here for the news brief).
Here is the audio of the conference call (three questions from JTA – the first from me, the second from Ron Kampeas and be sure to jump to the end for one from Dina Kraft):
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