Palestinian Christians, Muslims come together over Al-Aqsa protests

Palestinian Christians are participating alongside Muslims in demonstrations and sit-ins in Jerusalem in a show of solidarity for their cause.
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Nidal Aboud, a Palestinian Christian, reads his bible amid a crowd of Muslims preforming Friday prayers, Jerusalem's Old City, in this video still taken July 21, 2017. - YouTube/Amine Ouaghi
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Ahmed el-Komi
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Video footage showing Nidal Aboud, a young Palestinian Christian man, reading his Bible amid a crowd of Muslims performing Friday prayers July 21 in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem created a buzz on social media.

Palestinian activists saw the video as an example of coexistence between Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem and an expression of a shared fate against Israeli measures in the city.

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