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President Aoun condemns Israel’s decision to impose taxes on churches

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2018-02-26 | 08:30

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President Michel Aoun condemned on Monday the Israeli decision to impose taxes on churches and monasteries in Jerusalem, stressing that such measures violate the international laws on places of worship in Jerusalem.

"Israel's decision is a systematic targeting of what is left of the Christian presence in the Occupied Lands," Aoun said, adding that Israel is resorting to ethnic cleansing against all non-Jewish people to realize its racist scheme.

Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem voiced frustration and disappointment on Monday because the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was closed. Church leaders decided to shut the church in protest against a new Israeli tax policy and a proposed land expropriation law which they called an unprecedented attack on Christians in the Holy Land.

Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian church leaders said the holy site, a popular stop for pilgrims and where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried, would remain closed until further notice.

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