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Israel’s Palm Sunday Screwup

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli authorities recently restricted access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, preventing Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and his entourage from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass there, due to wartime safety measures against potential Iranian missile threats. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Church Of The Holy SepulchreSecurity MeasuresIsrael Defense ForcesHome Front CommandReligious SitesIranian Missile ThreatPalm SundayCardinal Pierbattista PizzaballaWartime Safety Restrictions

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Jerusalem, Israel
"Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was stopped by Israeli police officers as he led a small entourage from his residence at the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem's Old City to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a seven-minute walk away."
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