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</html><description>Written and Posted by Alex Yesterday David Schenker wrote an article in the Jerusalem Post in which he called on Israel to reverse Prime minister Ehud Olmert's decision to engage in serious peace talks with Syria: "Although it is a bitter pill for peacemakers in the Jewish state to swallow, by trucking with Syria now, [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>http://joshualandis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/assad_uae_medal_s.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>

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