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Rock throwers were jeopardizing free worship. before friday s unrest there had been a sense of a city holding its breath in anticipation as an in a rarity the holidays of ramadan, good friday and passover overlap. in the middle of the night before the violence the muslim residents gathered for the traditional meal before the sun rises and the daily fast begins. later as the sound of stun grenades and fireworks echoed in the background pilgrims and locals from western churches made their way along the stations of the cross, tracing the path jesus made before ending at the church of the holy sepulchre which christians revere as the site of the crucifix. if the religious calendar brought tensions, so, too, had recent events in israel and the west bank. the israeli army sfepg up raids and operations in palestinian stouns and cities in response to a series of attacks in israel that killed 14 people in less ....

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