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they now have politicized their views
through the International Solidarity
Movement, a-group of international
activists
working to raise awareness of
n informal dinner party
the Palestinian struggle for freedom
introduced Jewish "interna-
and to end Israeli occupation.
tional" activist Adam
Those attending the intimate gather-
Shapiro and his Palestinian
ing on the Attallas' back deck were
fiance, Huwaida Arraf, to a receptive
affiliated with "peace" organizations
group of Detroit-area Jews and Arabs
and were in general agreement with the
May 23.
couple on their proposals for settle-
The get-together was held at the
ment of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Northville home of Tim and Fatima
However, tending to feel the couple's
Attalla.
tactics were naive, some
The couple, who wed
wanted to help them pres-
Ab ove:
three days later at St. Joseph
Adam Sh apiro and ent their views diplomatic
Catholic Chaldean Church
cally.
Huwai da Arraf
in Troy, made international
Shapiro, 30, gave them
address the group.
headlines in March when
plenty of opportunities for
they spent the night in
feedback.
Palestinian leader Yasser
When he proclaimed, "There will
Arafat's besieged Ramallah compound.
never be peace in Israel until-all the
Brooklyn-bred Shapiro is controversial
Jews leave the West Bank," most guests
among many Jews for his view of
achieving peace — total withdrawal of agreed, but some thought his delivery
was too simplistic.
Jews from the West Bank and Gaza.
"I, too, am opposed to occupation
His wife, Arraf, was raised in
and settlements," said Asa Shani, a
Roseville, where her parents still live.
Jewish, Israeli American of Rochester
Though they met through Seeds of
Hills, who with his wife, Ariela, was
Peace, a non-political organization
instrumental in organizing the evening.
connecting Jewish and Arab teens,

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