The chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security service and a leading Israeli rabbi discussed ways of avoiding Jewish infighting during the Gaza Strip withdrawal. Yuval Diskin traveled to Jerusalem on Monday night for a discreet audience with Avraham Shapira, a former Ashkenazi chief rabbi.
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