US EditionJerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war
Jerusalem’s major holy sites are closed or limited to 50 people due to missile threats amid escalating U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran in its fifth week, officials said.
- Jerusalem's major holy sites remain shuttered ahead of Passover and Easter as the Iran war enters its fifth week, with Israeli military guidelines limiting religious gatherings to 50 people.
- Earlier this month, an intercepted Iranian missile sprayed shrapnel on the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, while debris also struck a road leading to the Western Wall.
- The Latin Patriarchate canceled Palm Sunday processions, while Old City businesses remain largely deserted; cookbook author Jamie Geller described "turning the house upside-down in between running for the shelter" to prepare for Passover.
- Calling the war an "expanding wreckage" and its timing a "deep darkness," Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem issued an Easter message urging the faithful to "advocate and intercede for an immediate end to the bloodshed."
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently ordered an expanded military campaign in southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone," an escalation that has displaced nearly 1 million people and killed roughly 1,000.
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Jerusalem Heads Into A Subdued Passover And Easter Under The Shadow of Iran War
Observant Jewish families are frantically cleaning for Passover to remove traces of leavening, which requires “turning the house upside-down in between running for the shelter,” said Jamie Geller, a cookbook author who works in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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Jerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war
Jerusalem’s holiest places sit empty as missile fire disrupts Passover and Easter. On Monday, families brace for the holidays as the Iran war enters its fifth week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a message to the Christian world this Sunday March 29 to explain the security measures that have restricted access to the holy sites of Jerusalem, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, amid the ballistic missile attacks that Iran has launched against the Old City in recent days. Netanyahu revealed that fragments of Iranian missiles fell a few meters from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher i…
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