Israeli police issued closure orders Sunday to three Palestinian institutions operating in eastern Jerusalem. The three organizations, including a group lobbying on behalf of Palestinian prisoners, an office of the WAFA Palestinian news agency and the office of a Palestinian Authority official on religious affairs, planned to appeal the orders. An Israeli ministerial committee called for the closures last week as part of a stepped-up effort by Israel to curb Palestinian activity in the eastern half of the capital.
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