Israel and American Jewish groups are joining other Western nations in pressuring Pope John Paul II to cancel plans to visit Iraq as part of his trip to the Middle East to mark the Christian millennium, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. As part of his pilgrimage, the pope has said he wants to visit the believed birthplace of Abraham in southern Iraq.
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