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Meticulous Planning For Visit to Israel Indicates Importance Barack Obama tours the Israeli town of Sderot, on the edge of the Gaza Strip, with Mayor Eli Moyal, left, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. (Israeli Defense Ministry Via Associated Press) By Jonathan Weisman and Michelle Boorstein Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, July 24, 2008; Page A06 Before embarking on a sprawling international trip that would take him to seven countries, two continents and two war zones, Sen. Barack Obama and his campaign staff fixated on a speck on the globe that is slightly smaller than New Jersey: Israel. For all the hype about his trip to Iraq and his speech in Berlin, it was the Israel leg that was the most sensitive and the most meticulously planned, according to sources involved with the arrangements. That fact alone is a testament... [read full story]
