Israeli and Palestinian peace campaigners opened a peace center in Jerusalem. Dovish political leaders and hundreds of peace activists jammed the New Imperial Hotel in the Old City and signed a declaration calling for an end to the 15 month-old Palestinian intifada and a return to peace talks.
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