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A wide ranging political effort by the right wing in israel and the religious nationalists to get more access to x. The mosque compound site known as the temple mount to jews a lot of what happens next will depend on the actions of Israeli Security forces and police there has been a precedent going back many years that normal thems are not allowed access on a major muslim festival day but that president was broken earlier this year in june the end of ramadan coincided with a jerusalem day which is when jews and israelis mark the seizure of East Jerusalem by Israeli Forces in 1967 there were limited scale wishes at the site as a result of the Police Decision then to allow jews in on that day a lot now depends in terms of how confrontational this sunday becomes a l ....
Said that the Canadian National mr baxter was detained last year for violating laws in syria they really didnt divulge much details concerning these circumstances of his detention this is not hes not the 1st foreign nationals to be released in the past months a few weeks ago an American National was released about him himself playing a crucial role now hes calling this a humanitarian gesture but many here believe that these are messages messages that the Syrian Government wants to give to the west as it tries to gain legitimacy as it tries to and sanctions at the end of these 2 these 2 foreign nationals who are held and in syrian jails are not among the high profile people who went missing and believed to be held by the Syrian Government so messages poss ....