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Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — It wasn’t inevitable that the overlap of Jewish and Muslim holidays would lead to clashes at a Jerusalem site deeply revered in both faiths. But when rumors circulated that Israeli police would allow Jewish hard-liners to visit the hilltop compound during Muslim prayers, it appeared to many Palestinians that Israel was further chipping away at their claims to the site.