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Article: Sharpton-Arafat Talk Burns Rabbi: 'I Would Have Thrown Him From Bus'; Schneier
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- November 2, 2001
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Kintisch, Eli
Forward
11-02-2001
Sharpton-Arafat Talk Burns Rabbi: `I Would Have Thrown Him From Bus';
Schneier
JERUSALEM -- The Rev. Al Sharpton's three-day visit to Israel and the
territories had been jampacked, including tours of the Yad Vashem Holocaust
memorial, Hadassah Hospital and a center for Ethiopian immigrants, and
swings through the Old City and the Knesset. But the second day of Mr.
Sharpton's visit was the one with the real action -- the day he went to
Gaza and visited Yasser Arafat, despite reportedly promising Jewish leaders
in advance that he wouldn't.
First there were meetings with Israeli officials, including Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. ...