Jackson, MS – GOP Jewish Group Sponsors Barbour Trip to Israel

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    FILE - Gov. Haley Barbour gestures to lawmakers that they take their seats and cease their applause so he can deliver his eighth and final State of the State address to a joint Legislature in House Chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Jackson, MS – The Republican Jewish Coalition is sending Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, to Israel for five days.

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    The Washington-based group said Tuesday it is sponsoring the Feb. 5-9 trip for Barbour and his wife, Marsha.

    Barbour will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders.

    The coalition says on its website it also paid for Barbour to travel to Israel in 1994, when he was chairman of the Republican National Committee.

    Barbour met in Mississippi this past October with Uzi Landau, Israel’s minister of infrastructure.

    Barbour’s office did not immediately comment on the trip. Barbour says he’ll decide by this spring whether to run for president.


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