Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad stated Israel is not currently a viable peace partner.
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**1,500 police are being assigned to maintain order during the to�eva parade to take place in downtown Jerusalem on Thursday.
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**In a letter to US envoy Mitchell, MK (Hadash) Swaid says Arab recognition of the Jewish state would be harmful to them.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)