As Russia occupied Georgia, pushing ever closer to the capital Tbilisi and bisecting the country, the relief effort for nearly two weeks has had only one prime directive: Find every Jew.\n\n
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Requirements for peace — NATO troops, action on Palestine.
President Bush has just completed a historic series of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In Moscow, and a few days later in Italy, they signed accords to reduce each nation\’s nuclear stockpiles and increase Russian cooperation with NATO. Much was accomplished, but a major item was left on the negotiating table: Russia\’s continuing assistance to Iran\’s nuclear and missile programs.
Israelis are divided over NATO\’s military campaign against Serbia — and opinions and policy are being informed as much by history and the Holocaust as by current political realities.
In other circumstances, there would be nothing unusual about busloads of Yugoslavs visiting the capital of their northern neighbor, Hungary.
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