The Rev. Jesse Jackson met the families of three kidnapped Israeli soldiers. Jackson said Wednesday that he told the families of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev that the two men, kidnapped by Hezbollah in July, are alive. Jackson recently met in Syria with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal.
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