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Jerusalem plan would raze 22 Palestinian homes (AP)

June 21st, 2010

A Palestinian child walks near rubble in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Monday, June 21, 2010. Jerusalem's mayor, Nir Barkat, pressed ahead Monday with a contentious plan to raze 22 Palestinian homes, that were illegally built, to make room for a tourist center that Palestinians fear would tighten Israel's grip on the city's contested eastern sector. The contested site, called al-Bustan, is a section of the larger neighborhood of Silwan, which is home to some 50,000 Palestinians and 70 Jewish families. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Jerusalem’s mayor is moving ahead with a construction plan that would involve razing 22 Palestinian homes in the city’s contested eastern sector.


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