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Palestinians urge world: Stop Judaization of Jerusalem

The Western-backed Palestinian Authority on Monday urged the world to \"force [Israel] to put off its attempts to take over Jerusalem and Judaize it,\" as violence flared in the old city and in eastern Arab neighborhoods.
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October 5, 2009

The Western-backed Palestinian Authority on Monday urged the world to “force [Israel] to put off its attempts to take over Jerusalem and Judaize it,” as violence flared in the old city and in eastern Arab neighborhoods.

The Palestinian cabinet, issuing a strong statement after a meeting in the West Bank town of Ramallah, condemned what it called a plan by Jews to “perform religious rituals” in the Temple Mount compound which contains the al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site.

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