A banner hangs from a wall next to the entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem’s Old City, February 25, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
February 27, 2018
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Jerusalem’s mayor on Tuesday suspended a tax plan that had prompted the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, considered the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, to be closed in protest since Sunday.
A committee will negotiate with representatives of churches in the Holy Land to try to resolve the dispute over plans to tax church-owned commercial enterprises and the fate of proposed legislation opposed by the churches, a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
(Reporting by Ori Lewis; Editing by Jeffrey Heller and Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
