Arab officials meeting in Morocco launched a worldwide fund-raising campaign to support Arab inhabitants of eastern Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Fund will seek $100 million in contributions to “confront Israel’s policy of Judaizing Jerusalem and erasing its Arab, Muslim and Christian character,” officials from Morocco, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority said in a statement at the conclusion of their two-day meeting.
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