Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an American Jewish Committee gathering in Jerusalem that as the elected government of Israel “we expect the support of organized Jewry abroad.” Netanyahu has criticized the tepid support he has received at times from American Jewish groups. The AJCommittee also met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak while in the region.
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