Between a rock and a hard place: US Jews are beginning to speak out against their own and the Israeli government's hardline attitude towards Palestinians and to work for a solution to the conflict that will suit both communities.

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Between a rock and a hard place: US Jews are beginning to speak out against their own and the Israeli government's hardline attitude towards Palestinians and to work for a solution to the conflict that will suit both communities.

WHILE ISRAELIS THEMSELVES have been arguing fiercely about the way ahead in the aftermath of the war in Lebanon, there has apparently been nothing but firm, uncritical support for the Jewish state in the influential American media. At least until now.

Ructions which have been simmering unnoticed in the Jewish community in the US for months, have now broken out into the mainstream press, bringing with them a long overdue debate about what Jewish voters should ...

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