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Article: Palestinian leader accuses Israel of "ethnic cleansing"
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- March 13, 2008
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of implementing policies he claimed were part of an "ethnic cleansing" campaign in the Palestinian areas of Jerusalem.
Speaking at a summit of Islamic countries in the Senegalese capital, Abbas said Israel had carried out policies designed to force Palestinians from the city.
He also said Arabs there were "isolated" from other Palestinian areas in part because of Israel's contentious West Bank separation barrier.
"Our people in Jerusalem are under an ethnic cleansing campaign," Abbas said in a speech. "They are suffering from a series of decisions like tax hikes and construction ...