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While the Mount of Olives rising east of the Old City includes sites that are holy to three monotheistic faiths, its slope is especially important for various Christian denominations.

Project reappears on municipal planning body's website, with hearing date set for August 31; parks authority insists it has no plans to advance controversial initiative

The plan aimed to increase Jewish religious and nationalist influence on the holy site, critics say

Following protests from Churches in the Holy Land, Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority announces it will not advance a controvertial project to ...

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Palestinian church leaders and US lawmakers have raised concerns over a controversial plan to expand a national park and to nationalise a large section of the Mount of Olives, one of Christianitys ...

Plan to expand national park onto church-owned lands still appears on website of planning panel; parks authority: Project won't be advanced without dialogue with church leaders

The Israeli government is backing away from a plan to absorb Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives into a national park after many Christian leaders protested.  

Israeli authorities, following criticism from heads of major Churches in the Holy Land, back down from including Jerusalems Christian sites into a national park project

The Israeli government is backing away from a plan to absorb Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives into a national park after many Christian leaders protested.