Israeli Cabinet minister Natan Sharansky is slated to meet Wednesday with Vice President Dick Cheney. The construction and housing minister, in the United States to speak at the United Jewish Communities’ General Assembly in Philadelphia, called Tuesday on the United States to pressure Syria to exile Ramadan Shallah, leader of the terrorist group Islamic Jihad.
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