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September 01, 2010

CS Monitor: As Mideast talks begin, Palestinians find unlikely support from Jewish settlers

by Daniella Cheslow
The Christian Science Monitor

Walaja, West Bank -- As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington this week, he carried with him a mix of hopes and fears about what the renewal of Mideast talks would – or should – bring.

One of the more unusual proposals came from Rabbi Menachem Froman: In order to move negotiations forward in an amiable atmosphere, why not send a delegation of rabbis to the West Bank to wish Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian people long life?

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