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Jul 23, 2006 8:10 pm US/Pacific Governor, Mayor Attend Pro-Israel Rally (CBS) LOS ANGELES Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attended a pro-Israel rally Sunday in Los Angeles, drawing criticism from Muslim leaders concerned about violence in the Middle East. Meantime, a Los Angeles-based relief agency announced it is sending medical supplies to help victims of the hostilities in Lebanon and Gaza. The pro-Israel rally, which drew an estimated 10,000 people to the Jewish Federation on Wilshire Boulevard near the heavily Jewish Fairfax District, was meant to "show this community's support for Israel and to promote peace during this...

IRAQIS MUST APPLAUD JESSE JACKSON J. Grant Swank, Jr. POB l984, Windham ME 04062 Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME Jesse Jackson is getting older and more and more irrelevant. His days were "once," but not now. In his gut, he knows it. (But there are those within his following who champion Jackson The Man when it comes to social, religious and particularly political insight.) Sad, but such happens from time to time to those who enjoy applause for a season but then at some point are prodded by circumstance and reason gracefully to lay down the applause meter to...