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Friday, July 10, 2009

The Israeli military kidnap a Muslim cleric in Jerusalem and send him to Jericho

Ghassan Bannoura, IMEMC
The Israeli military kidnapped on Thursday at dawn Sheikh Ali Abbasi, the Imam of the Al Qassa Mosque in Jerusalem.

The Israeli military took Sheikh Ali to Jericho city and released him there and told him he can't come back to Jerusalem because he has no Israeli citizenship.

According to the Palestinian staff that runs the Al Qassa Mosque the Israeli military move today is part of the daily harassment they have to go through.

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