Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems
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Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems

JERUSALEM — On Friday morning, as clashes flared at the Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, Muslims inside and outside the mosque were fasting for the 14th day of Ramadan. A few hundred yards away, Jews were burning leavened bread, a traditional ceremony that occurs just before Passover,…