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JERUSALEM, Jan. 25 (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out swinging against his former defense minister, but behind the premier’s confident veneer lurks a fear that Yitzhak Mordechai will be a formidable opponent in the race for prime minister. Netanyahu knows there were two voting blocs that led to his victory in the […]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (JTA) — As a sign of Yasser Arafat’s growing stature, a leading conservative member of Congress has invited the Palestinian Authority chairman to the annual National Prayer Breakfast. Arafat, who has rejected three previous invitations to the event, plans to attend the Feb. 4 reception, which will bring together American leaders and […]