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February 10, 2006
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A top Palestinian cleric asked Israel’s High Court of Justice to halt the construction of a Simon Wiesenthal Center museum in Jerusalem. Ikrima Sabri, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, said Thursday he filed a petition against the planned Museum of Tolerance because its construction had led to the desecration of Muslim remains.

Germany’s foreign minister is to visit Israel next week. Frank Walter Steinmeier will follow on the heels of German’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, who used her visit to Israel to enhance bilateral ties and endorse Israeli views on the threats posed by Iran and Hamas’ election victory in the Palestinian Authority.

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