Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has condemned the occupation authorities’ decision to freeze the bank accounts of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem and impose exorbitant taxes on its assets, Wafa reports.

The ministry said in a statement that it considered this decision a part of the occupation’s targeting of Palestinian holy sites in general, Christian holy sites, their affiliated institutions and properties, and the authentic Christian presence in Palestine.

It called on the international community and the Christian and Islamic worlds to take “serious action” to protect the Christian presence in Palestine in all its forms.

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