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...ground things have moved to the point that it's becoming a war. Hamas on Monday claimed responsibility for the mortar attack on Sderot. If that had happened a year ago, 20 Hamas leaders would have been arrested on the spot and the Palestinian police and intelligence would come down hard on the organization. Instead, today, they talk about coordination of protest activities on the ground between the Islamists and Arafat's organization. I don't see a conflict between Arafat and the Islamists at this stage - that would arise only if Arafat declared a truce with the Israelis...
...have all the answers," Shmueli says, "but let us discuss, scream, shout, and let us get to know each other." That has been precisely the effect of the civics program, as exemplified by a three-day trip last month by Arab students to the town of Sderot, where they stayed with Jewish families. "We feel comfortable enough with one another to speak openly," says Revital Levy, 17, about her new Arab friends. "I think that our changed attitude will filter down through the whole school." Hareven, for one, passionately hopes so. "The worst thing for us," he says...