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<p><strong><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=463405" target="_blank">MAAN FEB 26 2012</a></strong></p>
<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) &#8212; President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Sunday of trying to erase any Arabic identity from Jerusalem, drawing a strong response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>
<p>Abbas, speaking at a conference in Qatar, said that for the past few years Israel has been waging a &#8220;final battle&#8221; aimed at erasing the Arab, Muslim and Christian character of East Jerusalem, which Israel captured from Jordan during the 1967 Middle East war.</p>
<p>Abbas said that through settlement building in the West Bank and Jerusalem, Israel is carrying out an &#8220;ethnic cleansing, in every sense against the Palestinian residents in order to turn them into minorities in their own city.&#8221;</p>
<p>Netanyahu called the Palestinian leader&#8217;s remarks &#8220;a harshly inflammatory speech from someone who claims that he is bent on peace.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;(Abbas) knows full well that there is no foundation to his contemptible remarks,&#8221; Netanyahu&#8217;s office said in a statement.</p>
<p>Israeli human rights organization BT&#8217;Selem says that since 1967 &#8220;the government has been taking actions to increase the number of Jews, and reduce the number of Palestinians&#8221; living in Jerusalem.</p>
<p>&#8220;The government of Israel&#8217;s primary goal in Jerusalem has been to create a demographic and geographic situation that will thwart any future attempt to challenge Israeli sovereignty over the city,&#8221; the group says.</p>
<p>Netanyahu, who opposes dividing the city, said that Jerusalem has been the &#8220;eternal capital for the Jewish people&#8221; for thousands of years. He said that Israel will continue to maintain the city&#8217;s holy sites and freedom of worship for all.</p>
<p>Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians in Jerusalem&#8217;s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday, exchanging a volley of tear gas and rocks.</p>
<p><strong>Ma&#8217;an staff in Bethlehem contributed to this report</strong></p>
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<strong>Ethnic cleansing &amp; Denial of Palestinian identity – <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/blog4quds-al-quds-ethnic-cleansing-and-denial-of-the-palestinian-identity-video/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Special Topic</span></a></span></span></strong><br />
<strong>Israel&#8217;s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque &#8211; <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/alttention-sharons-al-aqsa-invasion-version2-al-aqsa-masjid-under-threat/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Overview</span></a></span></span></strong><br />
<strong>More Information about Al-Aqsa Under Threats (<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="//www.foa.org.uk/uploads/LF_119_AMUA.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">PDF</span></a></span></span>)</strong><br />
<strong>All posts about Al-Aqsa Mosque on this blog &#8211; <span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/al-aqsa/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Category</span></a></span></strong><br />
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<h3>Photography</h3>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-jlf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Al-Aqsa Assault &#8211; February 19, 2012 </span></a></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;">&#8211; Video &amp; Photography</span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/clashes-at-al-aqsa-february-24-2012-photography/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Al-Aqsa Assault &#8211; February 24, 2012</span></a> </span></span>&#8211; Photography</strong></p>
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<h3>Global March to Jerusalem | Al-Quds</h3>
<p><strong>Global March &#8211; <a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-ipN" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Official Website</span></span></a></strong><br />
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