The U.S. State Department spokesman criticized a nationalist Orthodox group that sparked violent Israeli-Palestinian confrontations when they erected temporary structures in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. James Rubin said members of the Ateret Cohanim movement are “consciously trying to prevent genuine reconciliation and to inflame an already intense situation.” Meanwhile, members of the movement agreed to remove the structures after Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert warned that municipal officials would take them down. Students from the movement’s yeshiva said they nonetheless intended to maintain a presence at the site.
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