At Least 23 Killed in an Avalanche That Destroys Jerusalem Coffeehouse Sultan Suleiman Street in East Jerusalem (Google Street View)
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Arabs and Jews worked shoulder to shoulder in a 24-hour rescue operation that ended Sunday afternoon with the removal of at least 23 dead and 22 injured from an Arab coffeehouse in East Jerusalem that was buried under a mudslide Saturday.
But the human solidarity shown in the face of tragedy did not last. Some Arabs objected to victims being taken to Jewish hospitals in western Jerusalem. Some ambulances were stoned.
The disaster occurred Saturday afternoon, when the roof of the A-Rawda Cafe on Sultan Suleiman Street in East Jerusalem collapsed suddenly under the weight of accumulated snow, mud and debris that breached the stone retaining wall of an adjacent cemetery.
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