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| | Jerusalem, Now - New York Times |
 | | And I try to see it through various lenses, to be moved both by the Western Wall, with its weight of tragedy and redemption, and by the modern cement one, part of Israel's separation barrier, with its dual messages of protection and occupation. |
 | | For many travelers, that fragility is a compelling reason to visit Jerusalem now to experience an extraordinary city at an extraordinary time, and to see it as a modern city of contention, not just as a Biblical Disneyland. |
 | | In the center is the sprawl of East Jerusalem and the Palestinian town of Abu Dis, where some once thought a Palestinian state might have its capital, and where I once visited the eerie shell of an unfinished parliament building, full of spiders. |
| travel2.nytimes.com /2006/04/16/travel/16jerusalem.html (1024 words) |
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