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House Dems in Israel Meet Abbas, Sharon


(AP/Washington Post) - House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, who is leading 29 House Democrats in a weeklong tour of Israel to discuss the Mideast peace process, on Tuesday accused Yasser Arafat of hampering peace efforts and told the new Palestinian prime minister he must take responsibility and strike a deal with Israel. Hoyer said few of the Israeli leaders he talked to expressed confidence that Abbas, appointed by Arafat in April under U.S. pressure, had the power to act without Arafat's approval.
2003-08-06 00:00:00
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