Palestinians offered parts of Jerusalem - Salon

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Fri, Dec 20, 2002 4:07PM

In new violence Friday, an Israeli rabbi was shot and killed in Gaza while driving with his wife and six children from a cluster of Jewish settlements. The radical Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the shooting in a phone call to The Associated Press.

Gun battles there [Gaza] left one Palestinian killed, Palestinians said. The Israeli military said soldiers hit several armed Palestinians. An army spokesman also said searches of homes turned up caches of weapons and explosives.

Palestinians offered parts of Jerusalem

By JASON KEYSER

Dec. 20, 2002 | JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Labor Party has adopted a new platform offering the Palestinians parts of Jerusalem and joint administration of disputed holy sites -- the most explicit program of compromise laid out before an election by a major Israeli party.

Labor officials Friday confirmed the content of the platform, which formalizes campaign promises made by party chief Amram Mitzna ahead of the Jan. 28 elections.

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