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The Talbieh neighborhood of Jerusalem (Noam Chen)
July 3, 2025, 7:24 am
Jerusalemites on leased land fume over secret talks that could leave them in limbo
Report details proposed deal over former church lands between KKL-JNF and real estate tycoon that would extend leases by only 50 years, keeping homeowners in state of uncertainty
By Zev Stub
Priests pause on Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, on Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 28, 2022, 10:23 pm
Expansion of East Jerusalem national park onto church-owned lands back on docket
Project reappears on municipal planning body’s website, with hearing date set for August 31; parks authority insists it has no plans to advance controversial initiative
By Jacob Magid
View of Jerusalem's Old City seen from the Mount of Olives, April 30, 2018. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 22, 2022, 2:14 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 22: Looking ahead to 2023’s budget; Mount of Olives park shelved
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses 2023 budget plans and US correspondent Jacob Magid looks at highlights of US Democrats’ visit and a church land brouhaha
By ToI Staff
Nuns pose for a selfie as they mark Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 21, 2022, 4:06 pm
Parks authority says it’s shelving Mount of Olives plan that angered church leaders
Plan to expand national park onto church-owned lands still appears on website of planning panel; parks authority: Project won’t be advanced without dialogue with church leaders
By Jacob Magid
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan (L) on February 25, 2018, outside of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
May 10, 2020, 7:13 pm
Greek Church demands evacuation of ‘living museum’ in Jerusalem
Patriarchate alleges Ein Yael museum, which has been operating since early 1990s, is on its land illegally
By ToI Staff
View of Jerusalem's Nayot neighborhood on January 10, 2015, after a snowy day. Many properties in this neighborhood have been sold by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch to private investors. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 5, 2020, 6:10 pm
Jerusalem court rules in favor of developers in case of former church land
Court orders Jerusalem Municipality, which had claimed church still owed taxes, to lift freeze, provide documents to allow new private owners to register land as theirs
By Sue Surkes
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan (L) on February 25, 2018, outside of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
November 12, 2018, 1:31 am
Government postpones decision on controversial church lands bill
Sponsor of legislation, MK Rachel Azaria, said she hopes to reach a settlement with religious leaders in the coming weeks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Protestors demonstrate outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on February 27, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2018, 9:21 pm
Churches urge Netanyahu to thwart bill restricting land sales
Armenian, Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders accuse PM of failing to stick to commitment to withdraw legislation which they say aims to seize their property
By AFP and ToI Staff
Stella Handler (L), CEO of the Bezeq telecom company, appears in the Tel Aviv District Court on February 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
February 25, 2018, 2:15 pm
Report indicates collusion between judge, investigator in Bezeq corruption probe
Channel 10 reveals chats between investigator from Israel Security Authority and judge, telling her ‘to act surprised’ by their requests to hold people in remand
By Gavin Rabinowitz
Church leaders gather around US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Trumps' visit to the city on May 22, 2017. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch can be seen to the left of the president. (Nati Shohat/Flash90
February 15, 2018, 1:09 pm
Church heads to boycott Jerusalem mayor’s party over huge retroactive tax bills
Christian leaders call on Nir Barkat to withdraw plan to break with decades-old agreement that exempts their institutions from city taxes
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A view over Gethsemane and the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
February 2, 2018, 7:20 pm
Jerusalem seeks end to tax breaks on church-owned properties
City council says exemptions wrongly given to commercial real estate owned by Christian institutions
By AFP
An Orthodox monk of Monastery of the Cross holds a water hose as he stands on the rooftop of the monastery during a fire near the "Valley of the Cross', in the center of Jerusalem on July 2, 2013. (FLASH90)
July 30, 2017, 11:46 am
Church land sales to anonymous buyers set homeowners on edge
Officials to meet amid high-profile sale of land in Jerusalem and elsewhere, but new owners say KKL refusing to extend lease on land, set to expire by 2050’s
By Sue Surkes
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