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…OTHER VIEWS Keeping Hope Foremost N othing. And so, once again, we pray and hope. We look towards Jerusalem and think, "Well, maybe this time." Can we be blamed for being skeptical? We have visions of the White House handshake that we watched teary-eyed and with fervent hope. We listened as the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin embodied all our dreams and gave us chills when he said, "Enough of blood and tears. Enough." Sadly, it all came t...…
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