Seventy-three percent of U.S. Jews believe the Arab world wants to destroy Israel, according to a new poll. The American Jewish Committee’s annual survey also found that 44 percent of U.S. Jews agree with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s assertion that Yasser Arafat is Israel’s Osama bin Laden, while 50 percent disagreed.
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