Jerusalem's mayor pressed ahead Monday with a contentious plan to raze 22 Palestinian homes to make room for a tourist center that Palestinians fear would tighten Israel's grip on the city's contested eastern sector.
Mayor Nir Barkat asked the municipal planning committee to give preliminary approval to the plan, a move that threatened to raise tensions in the volatile holy city and draw renewed international fire on the heels of a much-criticized Israeli sea raid.
Barkat first floated the plan months ago, but agreed to a last-minute request from Israel's prime minister to consult Palestinian residents before breaking ground. Israeli demolition of …
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