Karim Kamal, head of Copts for the homeland association praised the decision to close the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to protest against a new tax and a piece of Israeli legislation that will allow the government to confiscate land sold by the church.
Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic and Catholic leaders, who jointly manage the vast site in Jerusalem s Old City, should file lawsuit against the Israeli government after the new decisions that can be taken as an attempt to weaken the Christian presence in Jerusalem, he added.
