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…Whose Jerusalem? DIVIDED CITY from page 9 Top to bottom: Over lunch: Faigie Kreger, right, with friends Shulamit Rosenweld and Dov Rosenwald at a cafe in west Jerusalem. A Palestinian Moslem walks near Israeli soldiers in the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem. A nun waits as Shiban Amer, a Moslem shopowner in the Christian Quarter of the Old City, talks about Jerusalem. level of services given to the Jewish residents of the city. Israeli...…
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…Weizman said, adding that Jerusalem is the "heart of the Jewish people." The political debate between Israel and the Palestinians on Jerusalem heat- ed up this week ahead of the pope's • visit. Israel declared it would not allow the Palestinians to try to gain politically from the visit. This came after Palestinians on Sunday floated a bal- loon over Orient House in eastern Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority's de facto headquarters, bearing ...…
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…This Week Different Priorities Peace talks don't rank high on agenda of young Jewish activists. Happy 75th Wedding Anniversary Herta & Eugene Orbach HOWARD LOVY . Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington • sraeli and Palestinian negotiators are resuming peace talks in Washington this week and President Clinton has set a meet- ing with Syria's president, but don't tell the details to Julianne Berkon, a cam- paign associate with the Jewish Fede...…
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