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Anti-Annapolis rally draws 15,000

JERUSALEM, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Activists from the Council of Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza planned a second peace summit prayer session in Jerusalem.

A crowd estimated at nearly 15,000 people participated in a rally Monday at Jerusalem's Western Wall to protest the Annapolis, Md., peace parley, which aims to jump start the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after a seven-year hiatus, the Jerusalem Post reported.

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Police were closing the streets surrounding Paris square during the demonstration while speakers denounced the conference, adding that Israel was run under a "constitutional dictatorship."

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