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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Jerusalem’s Christian Churches Resist Israeli Settlers

The dispute took a fresh turn on March 27, when settlers took over part of the Petra Hotel HAZEM BADER AFP/File

Churches in Jerusalem are up in arms against Jewish "radicals" who are settling in the Christian Quarter and threatening a fragile religious balance in the ancient Holy City.

"We have a major problem here," said Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III in Jerusalem's Old City, which is split into historic Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian quarters.

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