Disappointed pilgrims pray outside closed doors of Holy Sepulchre Church

Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem al-Quds have voiced frustration and disappointment after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 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.

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