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Church closure highlights millennium tension in Holy L;
NAZARETH, Israel (AP) — The gates of churches claim politically tainted — role as mediator.
across the Holy Land swung shut in protest yesterday
as church leaders made a final attempt to block the
building of a mosque in the heart of Nazareth, the
town of Jesus’ boyhood.
The two-day, Vatican-backed closure highlights
the increasingly volatile relations between Christians
and Muslims, as well as Israel’s ambiguous — some
The dispute has also spilled over into Mideast
peace talks, with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
backing the Christians in Nazareth in hopes they will
support him when he negotiates the future of
Jerusalem with the Israelis.
Saudi Arabia, the guardian of Islam’s holiest
mosques, supported Arafat’s efforts, offering to pay for
a new mosque at an alternate spot in Nazareth, away Wietsiers, 54, a Roman Catholic who
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from the Basilica of the Annunciation, to avoid friction.
The church closures, just weeks before the last
Christmas of the millennium, left many pilgrims dis
appointed. Some endorsed the protest, while others
said Christians should set examples of tolerance and
not block construction of the mosque.
“Nazareth should be a city for everyone,” Jozeph
more than 2,400 miles since May onapi|
from his hometown in Oss, Holland, onlytoi]
Basilica closed, said.
But the highest Roman Catholic authoriti
Holy Land, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbat^ I
Christians, a tiny minority of about 100,000; I
take a stand.
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