A drawing of Yasser Arafat and a threat to kill Jews was left on the door of a New Jersey synagogue. The drawing and threat, “We must murder the Israelis (the Jews) out of Palestine,” appeared on an index card affixed to the door of a Lubavitch synagogue in the town of Ft. Lee.
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