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Outrage over Holocaust comments
One of Israel's most influential religious leaders triggers a storm of protest from Israelis and Palestinians, over remarks made during his weekly sermon. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef says that Jews who died in the holocaust were reincarnations of sinners in previous generations. The BBC's Middle East correspondent, Paul Adams, reports from Jerusalem.

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