Michele Chabin
Michele Chabin writes for Religion News Service and USA Today.
The road, which was at ground level 2,000 years ago, is now under the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem.
“To hear that 6 million Jews were murdered is overwhelming,” Rena Quint said. “To hear one story from someone who lived through the Holocaust makes a strong impression.”
The financially strapped church sold property to private investors in a way that critics see as secretive.
The company gives Crimea as another disputed territory where it has removed listings. Critics pointed to other areas under occupation—such as northern Cyprus—where it has not.
The law, also making Hebrew the only official language, has garnered criticism in Israel and abroad.
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