Leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements endorsed a congressional letter urging Condoleezza Rice to remain involved in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Reps. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ International Relations Committee, and Lois Capps (D-Calif.) are circulating a letter commending the secretary of state for her role in brokering a recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinians that opened the Gaza Strip-Egypt border. Israel was reluctant to agree to the opening, fearing the Palestinian Authority was not ready to secure the border from arms smugglers and terrorists, but conceded under pressure from Rice.
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