ARAB-US RELATIONS - Jan. 25 - Diplomat Upsets Israel.US diplomat Larry Pope visits E. Jerusalem's contested Temple Mount (to Arabs Al Haram Al Haram ?·i (Arabic: الحرام, English: The Sin Al Sharif sha·rif n. Variant of sherif. ) with a group of Palestinians. This upset the Israeli government, as he did not inform it before the visit, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry sent a "private complaint" to the US State Department. It urges the Department to remove him from a blue-ribbon independent commission. Pope has wide experience in the Middle East and Persian Gulf Persian Gulf, arm of the Arabian Sea, 90,000 sq mi (233,100 sq km), between the Arabian peninsula and Iran, extending c.600 mi (970 km) from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of Hormuz, which links it with the Gulf of Oman. . He has served in the US embassies in Egypt and Syria, held a senior post at the Pentagon, and was nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. last year by Pres. Bill Clinton to be US ambassador in Kuwait. |
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