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…This Week Building Cohesion GROWING CLOUT from page 7 Cohen and the National Jewish Democratic Council tussled with the Arab American Political Action Committee in the fall over a videotape called Hope for Peace in Jerusalem. In the video, Israeli sol- diers are falsely depicted storming the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and are accused throughout of killing Arab children. The tape was shown at AAPAC's annual dinner at which U.S. Rep. John Di...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Bad Situation Is Getting Worse neighborhoods, the tiny Christian recently returned from a five- community realizes that it can no day visit to Israel. I went as one longer count on the freedoms that of four leaders of an interna- Israel guarantees. tional group of more than 100 As the world has learned Christians who wanted to from the situation in Beth- demonstrate their solidarity lehem (not to mention with Israel. Saudi ...…
…SPECIAL COMMENTARY The Assault On History New York fairly newfound intensity. Over the many years Jerusalem was in Arab mong the casualties of the hands, no major Arab leader ever saw ongoing Arab uprising fit to even visit her, much less pro- against Israel has been claim her a central spot in something very the collective Arab heart. dear to all cultivated people, Yet much of the press and to cultivated Jews in par- feels compelled to tre...…
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