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<FONT SIZE="+2" COLOR= blue><B>For my brethren and companion's sake</B><BR></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"> Psalm 122 verse 8</FONT>
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<p><a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html">Myths & Facts Online; A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict </a>
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<br>Part of the <a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/">Jewish Virtual Library </A>( A recommended reference)
<p><a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/363_Transp/Orthodoxy/Zionism.html">A brief introduction to Orthodox Zionism</A>
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On the <a href="http://www.danielpipes.org/">Daniel Pipes site, </a>see the bibliography on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
<P>Current Concerns with <a href="http://www.adl.org/main_as_arab.asp">Anti-Semitism in the Arab World</A>

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Peters, Joan, "From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine
<p>Six Days of War: June
      1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael
      B. Oren.  
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General Jewish Background.  Recommended Books</span> 
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A GENERAL GUIDE TO JEWISH TEXTS
<br>Barry Holz, Back to the Sources. 

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Louis Finkelstein. The Jews: Their History, Culture and Religion.&nbsp;
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Leo Schwartz. Great Ages and Ideas of the Jewish People.</p>
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