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Richard Gere Meets With Mideast Leaders
04/07/2005 6:57 AM, AP
Richard Gere told Israel's foreign minister that Palestinians and Israelis must put the past behind them and take advantage of what he called a "special moment" to make peace.
Gere met Wednesday with Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom during his third visit to the region in recent months.
"There is a great instinct and need on both sides of this conflict to find a peaceful solution that is suitable, that is genuine, that is real, and it can be found and this is a moment," the 55-year-old actor said.
Since his arrival earlier in the week, Gere has met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israel's two vice-premiers, Shimon Peres and Ehud Olmert. He also toured Israel and the West Bank in March and June of last year.
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