A preacher in Mecca delivered a strongly anti-Israel sermon to Muslims on the annual haj pilgrimage. Sheik Saud al-Shareem of the Grand Mosque also told thousands of Muslims who made their pilgrimage to the holy city that Muslims are being killed and their freedoms abused, and that Palestinians are bearing the brunt of attacks from non-Muslims.
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