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Jerusalem boxing club aims to topple barriers (AFP)

July 28th, 2011

Israeli and Palestinian boxers train together at a boxing club that encourages breaking boundries between the two sides in West Jerusalem. Known simply as the Jerusalem Boxing Club, it was set up in 1981 by Gershon Luxemburg, a champion boxer who emigrated from the Uzbek city of Tashkent in the former Soviet Union in 1972.(AFP/File/Menahem Kahana)AFP – Everyone looked on curiously as the Palestinian squared off with the Israeli, each seeking to land the decisive punch that would floor his opponent.

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