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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, leads a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem on March 29, 2026, following the cancellation of the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives amid restrictions on gathering in large groups and the US-Israeli war on Iran. — Ammar Awad/Pool/AFP pic
JERUSALEM, March 30 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today the Latin Patriarch would get “full and immediate access” to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after police denied him entry on Palm Sunday.
“I have instructed the relevant authorities that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, be granted full and immediate access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem,” Netanyahu tweeted on X.
Israeli police had prevented the senior Catholic cleric from entering Christianity’s most sacred site to celebrate Palm Sunday mass over what Netanyahu had said were security concerns, provoking protests from the European Union and several European countries.
Netanyahu elaborated on Israel’s security concerns in his post.
“Over the past several days, Iran has repeatedly targeted the holy sites of all three monotheistic religions in Jerusalem with ballistic missiles,” he wrote.
“In one strike, missile fragments crashed meters from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.”
It was to protect worshippers that Israel had asked people of all faiths to “temporarily abstain” from worshipping at all the holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, he added. — AFP
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