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Israel/Palestine

David__77

(24,716 posts) Sun Mar 29, 2026, 06:58 PM Sunday

Israeli police bar priest from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday [View all]

Christians in Jerusalem and Gaza marked Holy Week under wartime restrictions, with Israeli police blocking the Latin Patriarch from the Holy Sepulchre for the first time in centuries.In Gaza, a small Christian community continued Palm Sunday rites despite ongoing attacks and severe shortages of essentials.

https://aje.news/zgevw1?update=4444986

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Israeli police bar priest from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday [View all] David__77 Sunday OP

will point out that the Cardinal (and other officials) were informed well in advance stopdiggin Sunday #1

This is not a view shared by the Israeli state that prohibited the Christian rites. David__77 Sunday #2

Yeah, yeah. Because the 'Israeli state' has such blatant animosity toward the Christian faith .... stopdiggin Sunday #3

It was a prohibition of Christian rites. That speaks to what occurred, not necessarily intent. David__77 Sunday #4

with the ostensible aim given as public safety - and not religious prohibition. stopdiggin Yesterday #5

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