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Friday, January 11, 2013

HOLY CITY- Jerusalem hit by worst snowstorm for TWENTY YEARS (PHOTO STORY)

Snow covers the Dome of the Rock on the compound know to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount after the worst snowstorm to hit Jerusalem for 20 years

Snow-covered valleys made Jerusalem look more like the Alps than the Middle East

A Palestinian policeman shirks the usual decoration to dress his snowman in the West Bank city of Ramallah

An Orthodox Jewish man sits on the snow-covered ground at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem

The heavy snowfall has turned much of Jerusalem into a winter wonderland

The last heavy snowstorm in Jerusalem was in 1992

Public transport has ground to a halt after the unusual snowstorm hit Jerusalem

A Palestinian man plays in the snow as it covers the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound behind him

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