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By Robert BergerSecurity was tight in Jerusalem Friday as Muslims and Jews observed major religious holidays. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Palestinians from the occupied territories were barred from attending prayers at a hotly disputed holy place.
The muezzin summoned tens of thousands of Muslims to Friday prayers for the holy month of Ramadan at the Mosque1 of al-Aksa in Jerusalem's Old City, the third holiest place in Islam. The site is known to Jews at the Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism. The conflicting claims often raise tensions in Jerusalem during religious holidays. This week, Jerusalem is also awash with Jewish pilgrims who have gathered for Sukkot, the biblical Feast of Tabernacles.
Some 4,000 Israeli police and soldiers deployed2 in and around the Old City, double the usual number. Thirteen Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip over the past three days, and police feared riots could erupt after prayers at the mosque. The army sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip, barring Palestinians from entering Israel.
Police say the security proved effective and Ramadan prayers passed quietly. But Mahmoud Taaboun, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem, told VOA that the Israeli measures have cast a shadow over the holiday.
"I am very sad because of that," he said. "No joy, the joy have been stolen through these many incursions in the city through the Israeli army."
In Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem, sukkot, or small booths, have popped up everywhere for the Feast of Tabernacles, in yards, gardens and on balconies. The Bible commands Jews to build the huts to remember how the ancient Israelites lived in the wilderness3 for 40 years on their way to the Promised Land.
Moshe Kirshner is proud of his Sukka, with a roof of palm branches and a table full of pomegranates.
"We build special, temporary-type buildings, as a remembrance of when we came out of Egypt, when God redeemed4 the Jewish people from slavery," he said.
Some 7,000 Evangelical Christians5 are also in Jerusalem this week. Inspired by an Old Testament6 prophecy, they have come from around the world to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles in solidarity7 with Israel.
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(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用 | |
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n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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adj. 可赎回的,可救赎的 动词redeem的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 ) | |
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n.遗嘱;证明 | |
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n.团结;休戚相关 | |
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