Israel looking for 'solutions' to open Christian sites after barring church leader on Palm Sunday due to war
Italy PM Giorgia Meloni called the move an 'offense' to religious freedom
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other major holy sites were closed on Palm Sunday under Israeli wartime restrictions, disrupting one of Christianity’s holiest observances as the Iran war entered its fifth week.
The Catholic Church rebuked the police decision as "a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportiona te measure."
Israeli police lamented the war restrictions limiting worship and acknowledged the need to "balance freedom" with "public safety."