Israel is coming apart at the seams. The pressures on Israel are starting to crack the right-wing facade of Ariel Sharon's government.
Read this article from Haaretzdaily.com
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Many Diaspora Jews say their lives disrupted by growing anti-Semitism and fears for the future
The seriousness of Israel's plight is attested to by the fact that the North American Federation of United Jewish Communities decided to move its General Assembly to Jerusalem, something which it has only ever done once before in the history of the GA. "
The article finishes:
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If Lurie could address the prime minister
directly, at some point during the GA, he would
let him in on his secret thoughts, shared by
many of his colleagues. "This is what I would
say," says Lurie. "Mr. Prime Minister, for the
sake of the future of the Jewish people and the
State of Israel, please, evacuate the settlers
from the Gaza Strip. And then insure that they
leave the territories. That is the only way to
save Israel - and world Jewry - from the
terrible predicament in which it now finds
itself. Please, I beseech you, do something to
turn Israel back into the proud democracy it
once was."
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Here's a link
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=360940&displayTypeCd=1&sideCd=1&a
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