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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Jerusalem archbishop: 'Wall has turned our lives into Hell'

Ma'an
The Roman Orthodox Church's Jerusalem archbishop on Thursday said the Israeli separation wall should be removed immediately.

"The wall must be removed in the same way as it was built - quickly, and should be demolished even faster," Bishop Atallah Hanna said at a mass on Thursday.

Speaking to congregants at the Jerusalem Old City's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Hanna added that "the wall demonstrates Palestinian suffering and defines their lives, which have turned into Hell."

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