Thousands visit disputed West Bank tombs
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Thousands of devout Jews descended on a Palestinian village April 8 in a rare pilgrimage to three disputed tombs.
The visit, made under the guard of soldiers enforcing a curfew on local residents, took place before dawn April 9 to try to avoid provoking trouble with the Palestinians of Kifl Hares, who say the graves hold the remains of Muslims.
Earlier this year, a decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to add the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem to a list of Israeli heritage sites set off weeks of clashes between stone-throwing Palestinians and Israeli troops. — ap
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