Nov 3rd, 2009 - VOA News
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Representatives of more than 30 leading Arab-American and Jewish-American organizations met in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Hosted jointly by the Arab-American Institute (AAI), a privately-funded research and policy center, and J Street, a pro-peace, pro-Israel lobby group, the leaders gathered to voice their support for President Barack Obama's efforts to broker peace in the Middle East.
Violent confrontations between Palestinians and Israelis are a familiar scene in the Middle East. There's been no such violence in the United States, yet Arab-American and Jewish-American communities have for decades treated each other with deep suspicion. But to judge from the Arab-American and Jewish-American leaders who gathered in Washington, things are changing.
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