The leader of Kosovar Albanians issued a written promise to safeguard Kosovar Jews and their property. Hashim Thaci met twice in recent days with a special envoy of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, to whom he issued a letter ordering “the entire Kosovo Liberation Army under my control to respect and protect all the Jews of Kosovo.” But members of the tiny Jewish community, commonly identified as Serbs, remain under threat of revenge attacks from Kosovar Albanians.
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