A U.S. government warning advising citizens to avoid traveling to Israel, Kuwait and Palestinian self-rule areas issued last week in anticipation of a military strike against Iraq remains in effect, the State Department announced. “Private American citizens may want to consider departing” Israel, said the warning issued last week. The language used is among the mildest travel warnings issued by the State Department.
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