Israel won’t cede religious sites during papal visit

While no official announcement has been made, negotiations between Israel and the Vatican are ongoing, and President Shimon Peres told an Italian newspaper during a visit to the Vatican last April that a compromise had been reached on the Cenacle site, and that “99 percent” of the issues concerning the site had been addressed.

The building houses the site revered by Jews as the tomb of the Biblical King David and, above it, the room believed by Christians to have been the site of the Last Supper…

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