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Ministers delay debate on church land bill as Church of the Holy Sepulchre shut
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Knesset Ministerial Committee for Legislation is delaying a debate on a bill allowing the state to appropriate lands in Israel sold by churches to anonymous buyers since the start of the decade.
This follows protests from the churches including the shuttering of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The advancement of the legislation, which was proposed by Kulanu MK Rachel Azaria and is backed by the Justice Ministry, is being fiercely opposed by church leaders which today closed its doors until further notice as church leaders angrily retaliated against what they see as a “systematic campaign” by Israel to harm the Christian community in the Holy Land.
— Sue Surkes
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