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JERUSALEM, Dec. 31 (JTA) — The symbolism of Shoshana Selavan’s T-shirt, splattered with red paint to look like blood, was obvious. Posing sullenly for the cameras, Selavan stood in front of dozens of protesters chanting slogans and blowing whistles across from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s office on a bright Sunday morning. A Hebrew slogan […]

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JERUSALEM, Dec. 31 (JTA) — As Israelis await a Palestinian response to President Clinton’s peace proposals, two killings in the West Bank drew cries for revenge and further dimmed the prospects for peace. Settlers warned of retaliatory attacks after Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane, the leader of an outlawed, far-right Israeli political party, was killed Sunday in […]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (JTA) — Jewish leaders are questioning the validity of a new poll that shows American public opinion swinging toward the Palestinians in the current Middle East conflict. The Zogby International poll, taken of 1,012 likely American voters, found that 63.5 percent support a Palestinian state and 57 percent do not support moving […]

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