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…A farmer breaks ground in the Negev. GIL SEDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem I n Israel, the skies are dry too often, yet the coun- try is negotiating a peace with the Palestinians and Syrians that may require giving up valuable water resources. As the drought drags on, opponents of giving up land for peace on the West Bank and the Golan are asking a crucial question: Can Israel compro- mise on its water? 1/7 2000 18 Israel's na...…
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…The Jewish Communit ib- o Bridge To The mature • The road to peace between Israel and Syria runs through Washington. That makes for long and tricky going. JAMES D. BESSER peace process group. "The U.S. role looms much larger [than in the Israeli-Palestinian talks] because these She herdstown, W. are countries that have had virtually ew seasoned Mideast nego- no contact for 50 years. If left to their tiations observers were sur- own devi...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Gift To Israel: A Mission Of Love their prayers for his well-being, the 1ff y father was not a reli- conversations about the Jewish belief gious man. His mother in the world to come. I will never for- died when he was an get Rabbi M. Robert Syme's visit on infant, leaving him to the day before my father died. He grow up feeling as if he had been looked up at Rabbi Syme, abandoned not by her, but by held his hand and asked, ...…
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