Israeli President Ezer Weizman was slated to distribute $1 million in compensation donated recently by Jordan’s King Hussein to the families of seven Israeli schoolgirls murdered by a Jordanian soldier one year ago at a border site between the two countries. Weizman decided to grant the families $100,000 dollars each. No decision has been made on how the remaining money would be used.
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