JERUSALEM, Aug. 25 (JTA) — Some 100 young cancer patients invited Jordan’s King Hussein to be their guest in a Jerusalem hotel where they are spending the final days of their summer vacation. The children sent a letter to Hussein, who has been undergoing treatment for lymphatic cancer, saying that they, like him, were fighting an illness that crosses all political boundaries.
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