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Frustrated by the failure of the peace process to end the occupation, and outraged by Ariel Sharon's invasion of the Haram Al-Sharif in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian population of Israel and the Occupied Territories rose up in September 2000. The second Intifada has raged ever since. Here, a... read more

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On September 29, the day after Ariel Sharon, guarded by about a thousand Israeli police and soldiers, strode into Jerusalem's Haram Al-Sharif (the "Noble Sanctuary") in a gesture designed to assert his right as an Israeli to visit the Muslim holy place, a conflagration started which continues as I write in late November.
 

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