The Syrian delegation transmitted to the Secretary-General today a protest signed by the heads of the Syrian religious communities against Israel’s “illegal acts” against the status of Jerusalem. The protest took exception to “Zionist domination of Jerusalem and its holy places” and demanded the return of the city to “the Arabs, its legitimate owners.”
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