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Fire Damages Church in Jerusalem
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October 24, 2007
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JERUSALEM - Arsonists forced their way into a Jerusalem church and set it afire, church officials said Wednesday, blaming Jewish extremists.
The sanctuary used by four separate congregations, including Baptists, had been burned down in 1982 by an ultranationalist Jewish group and later rebuilt, said a pastor at the church, Charles Kopp.
"We all still need to learn the lessons of tolerance and to accept the different among us," said Kopp, an American who grew up in Los Angeles. "We don't suspect anyone specific but they were extremists for sure."
Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said no ...
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