Israeli politicians are continuing their quest to win the support of Congress with their own version of Middle East peace.
Likud Knesset member Ariel Sharon came to the capital this week to lay out his case against the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord and in favor of continuing settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.
“Oslo failed”, Sharon said of the agreement in a briefing with reporters before visiting Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Sharon, a former defense minister, said he planned to tell members of Congress that unless he ends terrorism and amends the Palestine liberation Organization covenant, PLO chief Yasser Arafat should get “nothing more” in the form of U.S. aid.
During his visit here Wednesday, which was sponsored by the Yesha Council, an umbrella organization of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, Sharon met with members of the House International Relations Committee. He also met with Sens. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn), Hank Brown (R-Colo.), Jesse Helms (R- N.C.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).
Sharon’s meetings came just weeks after Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres toured Capitol Hill seeking support for the peace process.
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