The funeral of a Jewish mother of five who was killed by Palestinian gunmen was held in Jerusalem. Hundreds of mourners accompanied the body of Sara Lisha, a 42-year-old schoolteacher, in the procession. A leaflet distributed at the funeral said, “The Oslo accords are dead. The Arabs want war.”
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