Israeli President Ezer Weizman said he believed Israel and the Palestinians would make peace at some point — but that it was unclear how much blood would have to be shed until then. Weizman made the comment after making a condolence call to the family of an Arab worker stabbed to death in a fervently Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem last week. Police believe the assailant could be a Jewish extremist responsible for other knife attacks on Arabs in recent weeks. The latest stabbing took place one week after a yeshiva student was stabbed to death while on his way to morning prayers at the Western Wall.
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