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Arabs Demand that UN Remove a Panel from Israeli Exhibition
(AP-New York Times) Arab and Islamic nations are demanding that the UN remove a panel from an Israeli exhibition that calls Jerusalem "the spiritual and physical capital of the Jewish people." A letter from the Palestinian UN mission to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft circulated Thursday expressed "vehement rejection" at the description, echoing protests by Arab nations at the UN and the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the Israeli mission followed the rules for mounting an exhibition, which includes panels on Israel's Arabs, its technology innovations and other aspects of Israeli life.