The Rev. Jerry Falwell announced that evangelical Christians are mobilizing support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position on peace with the Palestinians. Falwell, a vocal critic of President Clinton, said he will ask some 200,000 U.S. evangelical pastors to urge their congregants to lobby Congress to support Netanyahu, who has recently faced criticism from Clinton and some American Jews. “It is very wrong for our State Department and our president to pressure Netanyahu to do what is not in the national interest of his state,” Falwell said in an interview.
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