Can there ever be a lasting peace between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East? Another round of bloodshed (see page 47) suggests that any such hope is vain. Amid the usual futile arguments over who started it, scores of buildings have been reduced to rubble; more than 140 Palestinians, most of them civilians, and six Israelis have been killed; and, for the first time,missiles from Gaza have landed near Tel Aviv, Israel's metropolis, and the holy city of Jerusalem.
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