Former South African President Nelson Mandela says he is planning to travel next month to the United States to lobby for his plan to bring peace to the Middle East. The plan, which he recently outlined during a trip to the Middle East, calls for Israel to withdraw from Arab lands it won after the 1967 Six-Day War and for Arab states to recognize Israel’s sovereignty.
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