A top Muslim cleric issued a religious edict ordering Palestinians not to disrupt Israel’s Gaza Strip withdrawal. “It is forbidden to obstruct Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip,” Jerusalem Grand Mufti Ikrima Sabri told Reuters on Tuesday.
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