Petitioners against the razing of Gaza synagogues are making every effort to leave the religious sites in place even after the IDF pulls out of the Gaza Strip.
Ahead of a hearing at the High Court of Justice on the matter, petitioners' representatives have made contact with the Vatican and with the New York office of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in an attempt to foil the plan, the petitioners' attorney, Gilad Corinaldi, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
A senior Muslim religious leader in Gaza was also approached in an effort to persuade him to issue a decree forbidding Muslims to desecrate the synagogues, "just like they would not want non-Muslims to desecrate a mosque," Corinaldi added.
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