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Wed 03 Mar 2010Riots in Jerusalem on Hamas 'day of rage'
HUNDREDS OF Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in east Jerusalem yesterday as US envoy George Mitchell put off a trip to the region, leaving the future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in doubt.
Throughout the day, gangs of Palestinian youths hurled rocks at Israeli police who were out in force in the Arab neighbourhoods in response to a “day of rage” declared by the Islamic Hamas.
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