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The best Israeli response. Background.

“The Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Jerusalem): Christianity’s holiest place, this church covers the traditional sites of the crucifixion, entombment, and resurrection of Jesus. Built about A.D. 330, the complex is carefully divided among the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Coptic, Syrian, and Ethiopian churches.”

Because of the Vatican recognizing the Palestinian state, asserting that land they do not own should change hands, Israel now concludes any Roman Catholic claim to any area within The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, likewise ceding any time they are currently allowed to perform religious ceremonies within.

Thereby the Vatican also loses land and its use that they did not own, that they may understand the unilateral loss.

Israel now recognizes a new division within the church, between the Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, Coptic, Syrian, and Ethiopian churches, and expects that they will cordially accept those places and times previously reserved for the Roman Catholic church, now forfeited.

Of course, this decision can be reversed to the old status quo, if the Vatican decides that it acted in haste.