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Palestinian Police Disperse Islamist Rally over Russian Church Land in West Bank


(Ma'an News-PA-AP-ABC News) Palestinian security forces on Saturday used tear gas to disperse a rally in Hebron in the West Bank protesting a decision by the Palestinian Authority to officially cede ownership of the Russian Compound church, also known as Abraham's Oak Holy Trinity Monastery, and its surrounding lands to the Russian Patriarchate. Bahir Saleh, the spokesman of the Islamic Liberation Party, said, "This is Islamic land and shouldn't be given to anyone, particularly Russia who is killing Muslims everywhere." Saleh said a Russian church was built on land rented for a century from a local Arab tribe 150 years ago and that the land should be returned.
2017-02-07 00:00:00
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