New York Senator and former first lady Mrs Hillary Clinton has arrived in Jerusalem on a "solidarity visit" which will include meetings with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other officials.
She will also meet with President Moshe Katsav, the Foreign Minister Mr Shimon Peres, and Jerusalem's mayor, Mr Ehud Olmert, during her 24 hour visit.
She is further scheduled to pay her respects at the tomb of prime minister Mr Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a Jewish extremist in Tel Aviv in 1995, and tour a downtown street which has been the scene of several deadly Palestinian attacks in recent months.
She was invited by the Conference of presidents of major US Jewish organizations.
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