Service helps some students deal with violence in Middle
At the Jewish solidarity and prayer service last night, Yizhar Hess said Israel is a "land on fire," as UA students and Tucson citizens gathered in prayer for the casualties.
About 400 people joined at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Rd., to express solidarity and pray for people in the Middle East after a quick and terrifying turn of events, said Richard Belkin, president of the Jewish Foundation of Southern Arizona.
"I want peace with all my body and soul," he said.
Violence escalated in the Middle East yesterday between the Israelis and the Palestinians after talks broke down between the two sides. Israeli helicopters attacked the residence of Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Ramallah police station and the Palestinian TV station. Some of the worst disturbances are in the Palestinian territories of West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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