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Israel @ 60: I Am Jewish, Too
7 hr. ago, Rudolf

As President Bush perambulated round Israel in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Jewish state, I listened on my public radio to snippets of his speech at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. I could have written a better...

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