Right-wing Israeli politicians asked the prime minister to dismiss Shimon Peres after he told the U.N. last week he favors a Palestinian state. Benny Alon said last Friday his National Unity Party would likely leave the government if Ariel Sharon does not fire his foreign minister.
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