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Source: http://forward.com/issues/2003/03.09.05/news2.divestment.html
Peace Front Faces Schism Over "Right of Return"
(Forward) Eric Marx - Arab groups are threatening to quit the U.S.'s largest anti-war coalition unless it does more to support the Palestinian cause, but Jewish members say that such a move would lead them to break ranks. Several Arab and Muslim groups announced last week that they would drop out of United for Peace and Justice, a leading American-based coalition opposed to the Iraq war, unless the umbrella group explicitly endorses the Palestinian "right of return" to Israel. But Rabbi Michael Lerner, chairman of the Tikkun Community, which is part of the anti-war coalition's steering committee, said he would quit if such a position is adopted.