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see the reality of it. I think I
will express my happy feel-
ings once I see the steps on
the grounds and things are
fulfilled. I don't want to be
euphoric and then be disap-
pointed," Ms. Khelil said.
Yet, despite this rational
reserve, at the joint Jewish-
Arab reception the mood was
one of hugging and celebra-
tion. Jews crowded around to
talk with senior PLO official
Nabil Sha'ath, while Arabs
did the same around Israeli
ambassador to the United
Nations Gad Yaacobi and
New York Consul General
Colette Avital.
The Jewish leaders pre-
sent included not only those
who had sought out Palesti-
nians for dialogue in the
past, but quite mainstream
representatives of such
organizations as the Anti-
Defamation League and
Hadassah. Several former
chairmen of the Conference
of Presidents were in atten-
dance, as well.
Similarly, top leadership
of several Arab American
organizations were present.
With a backdrop of Israeli
and Palestinian folksingers,
and before a buffet of Middle
Eastern food, Jews and
Arabs peered at each other's
name tags and introduced
themselves to strangers they
had long seen as enemies.
At one point, the singers
broke into a rendition of the
civil rights anthem "We
Shall Overcome." The
crowd, including one elderly
Jewish couple standing on a
table, began swaying and
singing along, according to
participants.
"There's always been this
hunger to reach out to the
other side, and the
floodgates opened," said Pro-
ject Nishma Executive Di-
rector Tom Smerling.
"A lot of these people are
wealthy businessmen on
both sides," he said.
"They're talking about set-
ting up an advisory body, to
advise on raising the money
and how to get private funds
for economic development"
in the territories.
"It was interesting and ex-
citing to see people mixing
and exchange cards, talking
about mutual projects, help-
ing build the infrastructure
in Gaza and Jericho," said
Ms. Khelil.
"And at the same time,
what was important to me,
that I could see the sincerity,
that people were serious that
they wanted to do some-
thing," she added.
AIPAC's Grossman cau-
cau-
tioned that it is far too soon
to say that joint agendas
have been developed. O

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