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Israel’s foreign minister, whose anti-Arab statements have frayed diplomatic nerves, committed himself on Monday to Mideast peace, but did not endorse the idea of...
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AP, London
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An eldery Palestinian man smokes a cigarette in front of his shop in which he sells sand for construction works in Al Hussein Camp for Palestinian refugees in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday March 4, 2009.
