Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre reopens

Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, reopened on Wednesday after Israel backtracked on Tuesday from a tax plan and draft property legislation that triggered a three-day protest. The rare decision on Sunday by church leaders to close the ancient holy site ahead of the busy Easter holiday approaching put extra pressure on Israel to reevaluate and suspend the moves as ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.—

REUTERS A general view of the Edicule of the Tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City.—