Signs reading “Clinton Go Home” and depicting the U.S. president in an Arab headdress appeared in Israel days before Clinton was slated to vist Israel and the Palestinian self-rule areas. Israeli hard-liners, including several Cabinet ministers, believe Clinton’s planned visit to the self-rule areas will give legitimacy to Palestinian aspirations for statehood. But Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon told Jewish leaders in New York that the U.S. president will be “a most welcome guest in Israel.” Clinton’s itinerary also includes visits to Bethlehem and Masada.
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