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May 12, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1084738.html

Pope Walks Out after Muslim Cleric Accuses Israel of "Slaughter"

[Ha'aretz] Yair Ettinger - The head of the Palestinian Sharia court, Sheikh Taysir al-Tamimi, fiercely denounced Israeli policy in the presence of Pope Benedict on Monday at an interfaith conference in eastern Jerusalem. After the pope was informed of the political nature of al-Tamimi's speech, delivered in Arabic without simultaneous translation, he left the conference. Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, charged with coordinating the pope's visit to Israel, said, "It is a shame that the extremists were those who represented the Palestinians and the Muslims in this important event."

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