Jerusalem hit by worst snowstorm in 20 years

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Jan 10, 2013

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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man covered with snow walks in Jerusalem. AFP/Getty Images

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A Jewish man holding a snow-covered umbrella prays at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem. AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinian children play in the snow in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. REUTERS

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A Palestinian throws a snowball in the snow-covered Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives. REUTERS

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A woman stands on a street during a snowstorm in Jerusalem. REUTERS

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A Muslim man prays in the snow in front of the Dome of the Rock inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. AP

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Snow falls a an ultra-orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. AP

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People play in the snow in front of the Dome of the Rock inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. AP

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Armed Israeli Border Police inside the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. EPA

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoys the snow with his family. Getty Images

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Christian nuns walking near palm trees covered in snow near the Old City walls of Jerusalem. EPA

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Snow covers the Dome of the Rock on the compound know to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. REUTERS

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A man takes pictures of the snow-covered Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem. AFP/Getty Images

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man makes his way through a snow storm to the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in Jerusalem’s Old City as a young man slips and falls on the slippery stones that lead down to the plaza at the Wall. EPA

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Snow covers the Dome of the Rock on the compound know to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. REUTERS

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