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A |     JERUSALEM -- It's a far cry from the usual hustle and bustle, so typical of Jerusalem's Old City.The steps of the Damascus Gate have been cleared out. Gone are the fruit and sumac vendors. And inside the Old City: rows and rows of shops have shut down."This is the worst days we've ever seen in our lives. Even when the corona[virus] was here it was better than this," said Adnan Jaffa, who runs the Jaffar Sweets shop. "Because of the war ... the situation. In five minutes we're going to close because there is nothing to do."For those who know the Old City, it's an eerie place to be. Even the Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- where Christ is believed to have been buried and resurrected -- was empty on Sunday but for a handful of worshippers. It felt like we were being given a private tour of one of the world's holiest and most visited sites.Ehab Barakat, who was cycling through the deserted Old City, was one of the few customers out there on the city's streets.Asked about the increasing tensions, he said: "We hope it will be quiet."He added, "This is the time to be united. One."But the latest cycle of violence has come has no surprise, he said."The new government of Israel … you would be stupid if you would not guess what is going to happen. And we are not stupid. We were just waiting for the time.""The people get so tied … like a balloon. With a lot of air inside. And then it will…"His English may have failed him -- but it seemed clear what he meant.Israeli police now stand at the entrance to the Damascus Gate, occasionally searching young men. Orthodox Jews occasionally wander through the Old City to worship at the Western Wall. But there is none of the fervour which people associate with Jerusalem. It's been replaced by a strange quiet.In the words of Abushadi Sinjlawi, another shopkeeper we found closing early for the day, "The city is under lockdown."But away from the eerie quiet and melancholy atmosphere in the Old City, the situation is tense. Jerusalem is said to be the most heavily policed city in the country, and that will likely remain the case as the war in the south rages on.Checkpoints have been set up across East Jerusalem. And videos are spreading online appearing to show the harassment of Palestinians at the hands of the police. Cars are being stopped and searched. There are videos of apparent police beatings. In sporadic, individual incidents where locals have clashed with police, the response appears to have been brute force.Already at least 50 Palestinians have been killed in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the war broke out -- that's more than the highest ever monthly total since the UN began keeping records in 2005.。    中新网成都8月25日电 (记者 张浪)四川省纪委监委25日消息：日前，经四川省委批准，四川省纪委监委对省人大常委会原委员、经济委员会原主任委员刘中伯严重违纪违法问题进行了立案审查调查。         　　经查，刘中伯丧失理想信念，背弃初心使命，履行全面从严治党主体责任不力，违反党的政治规矩，离任后仍插手干预原任职地区事务，对党不忠诚不老实，串供对抗组织审查，长期搞迷信活动；违反中央八项规定精神，违规出入私人会所；组织原则缺失，隐瞒不报个人有关事项，在组织函询时不如实说明问题，利用职权为他人工作调动谋取利益并收受财物；廉洁底线失守，利用职权或者职务上的影响为亲属谋取利益，搞权色交易，违规为他人谋利并要求他人为本人和亲属安排高档宴请；违规干预和插手市场经济活动；私德不修，贪图享乐，大搞家族腐败；贪欲膨胀，将公权力异化为谋取私利的工具，利用职务上的便利以及职权或者地位形成的便利条件，为他人在项目承揽、工作调动等方面谋取利益并收受财物，数额特别巨大。         　　刘中伯严重违反党的政治纪律、组织纪律、廉洁纪律、工作纪律和生活纪律，构成严重职务违法并涉嫌受贿犯罪，且在党的十八大后不收敛、不收手，性质严重，影响恶劣，应予严肃处理。依据《中国共产党纪律处分条例》《中华人民共和国监察法》《中华人民共和国公职人员政务处分法》等有关规定，经省纪委常委会会议研究并报省委批准，决定给予刘中伯开除党籍处分；由省监委给予其开除公职处分；终止其省第十二次党代会代表资格；将其涉嫌犯罪问题移送检察机关依法审查起诉，所涉财物一并移送。

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