MKs and homeowners are up in arms, Palestinian Christians say the multi-million dollar deals are illegal, and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate says ‘Israeli pressure forced us to sell lands,’ which are anyway ‘of no religious importance’
The Greek Orthodox Church has broken its decades-long practice of leasing land to Israelis, and has now sold it, because it can no longer withstand massive pressure from Israeli authorities to hand over its real estate, church insiders claim.