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HadassahSukkot
20th November 2006, 05:09 PM
If you can't go to the Eiffel Tower, the Eiffel Tower will come to you. To mark the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem's unification, the Paris Municipality will grant Jerusalem a smaller version of the tower, which will be erected on Paris Square in the Israeli capital.


French cities have a tradition of offering presents to sister cities across the world. In 1885, the French presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a gesture of friendship between the two nations...

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