Article: A holy alliance: Rabbi and sheik work for Mideast peace.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

TEKOA, West Bank _ Sometimes, if ever so rarely here, religions cease to divide people _ and unite them. Alliances turn holy.

As utopian as that sounds in these days of rage, a Jewish rabbi and a Muslim sheik are working on religious solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

And it's not just any rabbi or sheik. Rabbi Menachem Froman is a settler who lives on what was once Palestinian farmland. Sheik Jamil Hamami is a university director who was once a leader in a movement that has killed scores of Jews.

But the relationship between the settler rabbi and the onetime Hamas preacher has evolved into something more trusting than the ...

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