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RICHARD Z. CHESNOFF
Jerusalem Post
11-27-1996
SHIMON Peres was in New York last week to talk about peace.

The former Israeli prime minister - still smarting from his bitter electoral defeat by Binyamin Netanyahu last May - seemed unusually subdued. But Peres's personal plea for Arab-Jewish peace and coexistence was as heartfelt and impassioned as ever.

The 73-year-old Nobel laureate chose his audience well: a gathering of supporters of the Abraham Fund, a New York-based inter-communal group that promotes Jewish-Arab coexistence in Israel, funds projects for both communities and already has proud echoes of its lofty work in Gaza and the West Bank.

Not surprisingly Peres was named first ...

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