North America’s largest Jewish organizations are teaming up with the Israeli government to launch an information campaign to educate American Jews and non-Jews about Israeli issues, according to the executive vice president of the federation umbrella organization. Stephen Solender of the United Jewish Communities said the initiative is responding, in part, to focus group research showing that large numbers of American Jews do not remember what Israel offered the Palestinians at the Camp David summit last summer or that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat was once considered a terrorist.
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