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Aug. 10, 2005 19:28  | Updated Aug. 10, 2005 23:04
Thousands attend Kotel prayer vigil
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS      
Seeking last-minute divine intervention, tens of thousands of Israelis flocked to Jerusalem's Western Wall Wednesday evening to take part in a massive prayer vigil against next week's scheduled Gaza pullout plan.
A peaceful prayer session, which was attended by young and old alike, took place exactly one week before the start of the evacuation of the 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.
"There have been previous miracles in the history of the Jewish people," said 20-year-old Naomi Oliel, from the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, one of the thousands of young people in the overwhelmingly religious crowd at the site.  

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