Israeli Cabinet minister Ariel Sharon asked for American Jewish support against Clinton administration pressure on any agreement with the Palestinians. The delegation of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which also met with former prime ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres, later left Israel for a four-day visit to Turkey at the invitation of that country’s prime minister.
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